Sonication of removed hip and knee prostheses for diagnosis of infection

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 357, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 654-663

  Trampuz, Andrej ^a   Piper, Kerryl E ^a   Jacobson, Melissa J ^a   Hanssen, Arlen D ^a,b   Unni, Krishnan K ^b   Osmon, Douglas R ^a   Mandrekar, Jayawant N ^c   Cockerill, Franklin R ^b   Steckelberg, James M ^a   Greenleaf, James F ^d   Patel, Robin ^a,b,d  

^a Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^b Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology ^*  (United States)

^c Division of Biostatistics   (United States)

^d Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 34547931627     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa061588     Document Type: Article

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