Optimization of periprosthetic culture for diagnosis of Propionibacterium acnes prosthetic joint infection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2490-2495

  Butler Wu, Susan M ^a   Burns, Erica M ^b,c   Pottinger, Paul S ^a   Magaret, Amalia S ^a   Rakeman, Jennifer L ^a,d   Matsen III, Frederick A ^b   Cookson, Brad T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Providence Inland Orthopaedics   (United States)

^d NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PROSTHESIS INFECTION;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROPLASTY; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES;

EID: 79959814529     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00450-11     Document Type: Article

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