Sonication cultures of explanted components as an add-on test to routinely conducted microbiological diagnostics improve pathogen detection

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 617-622

  Holinka, Johannes ^a   Bauer, Leonhard ^a   Hirschl, Alexander M ^a   Graninger, Wolfgang ^a   Windhager, Reinhard ^a   Presterl, Elisabeth ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Microbial biofilm; Prosthetic implant infection; Septic implant loosening; Sonication culture; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; SHOULDER PROSTHESIS; TISSUE CULTURE; ULTRASOUND;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MALE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SONICATION; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 79951935333     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: 1554527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.21286     Document Type: Article

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