Microbiological diagnosis of prosthetic joint infections: A prospective evaluation of four bacterial culture media in the routine laboratory

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1528-1530

  Hughes, H C ^a   Newnham, R ^a   Athanasou, N ^a   Atkins, B L ^a,b   Bejon, P ^a,b,c   Bowler, I C J W ^a  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c NIHR OXFORD BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Diagnosis; Infection; Joint; Prosthetic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; COOKED MEAT BROTH; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIRECT PLATE; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FASTIDIOUS ANAEROBIC BROTH; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 80053051928     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03597.x     Document Type: Article

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