New methods for the diagnosis of implant-associated infections;Nouvelles méthodes pour le diagnostic des infections liées aux implants

Revue Medicale Suisse

Volumn 6, Issue 243, 2010, Pages 731-734

  Trampuz, Andrej ^a   Steinrücken, Julia ^a   Clauss, Martin ^b   Bizzini, Alain ^a   Furustrand, Ulrika ^a   Uçkay, Ilker ^c   Peter, Robin ^c   Bille, Jacques ^a   Borens, Olivier ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Hôpital Cantonal de Liestal   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; IMPLANT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROCALORIMETRY; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; REVIEW;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; CALORIMETRY; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 77951275501     PISSN: 16609379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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