Advances in the diagnosis of infection in prosthetic joint implants

Molecular Medicine Today

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 207-213

  Mariani, Brian D ^a   Tuan, Rocky S ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; ELECTROPHORESIS; GRAFT INFECTION; INFECTION; JOINT PROSTHESIS; PATIENT CARE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031802759     PISSN: 13574310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-4310(98)80007-5     Document Type: Review

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