Is there a role for tissue biopsy in the diagnosis of periprosthetic infection?

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 468, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1410-1417

  Meermans, Geert ^a,b   Haddad, Fares S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIONIBACTERIUM; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TISSUE BIOPSY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 77953290102     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-010-1245-4     Document Type: Article

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