Bacterial diversity in suspected prosthetic joint infections: An exploratory study using 16S rRNA gene analysis

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 291-304

  Xu, Yijuan ^a,b   Rudkjøbing, Vibeke Børsholt ^a   Simonsen, Ole ^c   Pedersen, Christian ^d   Lorenzen, Jan ^b   Schønheyder, Henrik Carl ^c   Nielsen, Per Halkjær ^a   Thomsen, Trine Rolighed ^a,b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b DANISH TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d VIBORG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Biofilm; Clone library; Phylogeny; Prosthetic joint infection; Quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTEROIDETES; BIOFILM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; FIRMICUTES; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FUSOBACTERIA; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COINFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84862823495     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2012.00949.x     Document Type: Article

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