The value of intraoperative gram stain in revision total knee arthroplasty

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2124-2129

  Morgan, Patrick M ^a   Sharkey, Peter ^b   Ghanem, Elie ^b   Parvizi, Javad ^b   Clohisy, John C ^a   Burnett, R Stephen J ^a   Barrack, Robert L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CRYSTAL VIOLET; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GRAM'S STAIN; PHENAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GRAM STAINING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; INFECTION; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; GENTIAN VIOLET; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; PHENAZINES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70349251841     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.00853     Document Type: Article

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