Periprosthetic infection: where do we stand with regard to Gram stain?

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-40

  Ghanem, Elie ^a   Ketonis, Constantinos ^a   Restrepo, Camilo ^a   Joshi, Ashish ^a   Barrack, Robert ^b   Parvizi, Javad ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL VIOLET; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; INFECTION; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHIL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COHORT STUDIES; GENTIAN VIOLET; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REOPERATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 62849084393     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17453670902804943     Document Type: Article

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