Broad-range PCR in selected episodes of prosthetic joint infection

Infection

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 292-294

  De Man, F H R ^a   Graber, P ^b   Luem M ^a   Zimmerli, W ^b   Ochsner, P E ^a   Sendi, P ^b  

^a Chirurgische Klinik Kantonsspital Liestal   (Switzerland)

^b University Medical Clinic Liestal   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; BACTERIAL DNA;

AGED; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; LETTER; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; BACTERIAL COUNT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HIP PROSTHESIS; INFECTION; KNEE PROSTHESIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67650257871     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-008-8246-1     Document Type: Letter

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