A comprehensive microbiological evaluation of fifty-four patients undergoing revision surgery due to prosthetic joint loosening

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 572-581

  Bjerkan, Geir ^a,b   Witsø, Eivind ^a,b   Nor, Anne ^b   Viset, Trond ^a   Løseth, Kirsti ^b   Lydersen, Stian ^b   Persen, Leif ^a   Bergh, Kåre ^a,b  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT CAPSULE; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; PROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REOPERATION; REVISION SURGERY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REOPERATION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 84858148416     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.036087-0     Document Type: Article

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