Culture of multiple peroperative biopsies and diagnosis of infected knee arthroplasties

APMIS

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 449-452

  Mikkelsen, Dorte B ^a   Pedersen, Christian ^a   Højbjerg, Tove ^a   Schønheyder, Henrik C ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Biopsy; Complication; Culture; Infection; Prosthesis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; JOINT BIOPSY; KAMME AND LINDBERG PROCEDURE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BACTERIA; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33745713655     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2006.apm_428.x     Document Type: Article

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