Evaluation of quantitative analysis of cultures from sonicated retrieved orthopedic implants in diagnosis of orthopedic infection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 488-492

  Esteban, Jaime ^a,b   Gomez Barrena, Enrique ^a   Cordero, Jose ^a   Martín de Hijas, Nieves Zamora ^a   Kinnari, Teemu J ^a   Fernandez Roblas, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BONE INFECTION; BURKHOLDERIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; HUMAN; IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; PSEUDARTHROSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; ULTRASOUND;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SONICATION; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 38949163679     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01762-07     Document Type: Article

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