Does dithiothreitol improve bacterial detection from infected prostheses? A pilot study infection

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 470, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2915-2925

  Drago, Lorenzo ^a,b   Romanò, Carlo Luca ^a   Mattina, Roberto ^c   Signori, Valentina ^a   De Vecchi, Elena ^a  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO GALEAZZI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; DITHIOTHREITOL; POLYETHYLENE; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOFILM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOPROSTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; PROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCRAPING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 84866378232     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-012-2415-3     Document Type: Article

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