Implant sonication increases the diagnostic accuracy of infection in patients with delayed, but not early, orthopaedic implant failure

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 95 B, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 244-249

  Puig Verdie L ^a   Alentorn Geli, E ^a   Gonzalez Cuevas A ^b   Sorli L ^a   Salvado M ^b   Alier, A ^a   Pelfort, X ^a   Portillo, M E ^b   Horcajada, J P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b Laboratory of Autoimmunity Immunology   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND; ADOLESCENT; ANKLE ARTHROPLASTY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; CHILD; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELBOW ARTHROPLASTY; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN CELL; KNEE PROSTHESIS; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICE; SONICATION FLUID CULTURE; TISSUE CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SONICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

EID: 84874032731     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.95B2.30486     Document Type: Article

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