Advances in the laboratory diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection

Reviews and Research in Medical Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-14

  Trampuz, Andrej ^a   Steckelberg, James M ^a   Osmon, Douglas R ^a   Cockerill III, Franklin R ^a   Hanssen, Arlen D ^a   Patel, Robin ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

16S ribosomal DNA; Laboratory diagnostics; Polymerase chain reaction; Prosthesis related infections

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DNA 16S;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANALGESIA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTHROCENTESIS; ARTHROPLASTY; BIOFILM; BIOMECHANICS; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORBIDITY; PAIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECIPIENT; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 0037239668     PISSN: 0954139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013542-200301000-00001     Document Type: Review

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