Escherichia coli variants in periprosthetic joint infection: Diagnostic challenges with sessile bacteria and sonication

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1720-1725

  Sendi, Parham ^a,b   Frei, Reno ^c   Maurer, Thomas B ^d   Trampuz, Andrej ^c,e   Zimmerli, Werner ^a   Graber, Peter ^a  

^a University Medical Clinic Liestal   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d Chirurgische Klinik Kantonsspital Liestal   (Switzerland)

^e LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; INDOLE; PREDNISONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SESSILE SPECIES; SYNOVIAL FLUID; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BIOFILMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDOLES; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SONICATION; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77951814889     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01562-09     Document Type: Article

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