Is non-union of tibial shaft fractures due to nonculturable bacterial pathogens? A clinical investigation using PCR and culture techniques

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Gille, Justus ^a   Wallstabe, Steffen ^b   Schulz, Arndt Peter ^a   Paech, Andreas ^a   Gerlach, Ulf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b BG Traumahospital Hamburg ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Low grade infection; Molecular diagnosis; Non union; PCR technique; Tibial fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; METHYLOBACTERIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TIBIA FRACTURE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLOBACTERIUM; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 84861117581     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1749799X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-799X-7-20     Document Type: Article

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