A superficial swab culture is useful for microbiologic diagnosis in acute prosthetic joint infections

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 467, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 531-535

  Cuñé, Jordi ^a   Soriano, Alex ^a   Martínez, Juan C ^a   García, Sebastián ^a   Mensa, Josep ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE PROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WOUND DRAINAGE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DEBRIDEMENT; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 59649107279     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-008-0553-4     Document Type: Article

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