Comparison of molecular and culture method in diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 343, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 42-48

  Rak, Mitja ^a   Barlič Maganja, Darja ^a   Kavčič, Martina ^b   Trebše, Rihard ^c   Cor, Andrej ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA   (Slovenia)

^b Institute of Public Health of Koper   (Slovenia)

^c Orthopaedic Hospital Valdoltra   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Identification; Immunohistochemistry; Implant failure; Real time PCR; TaqMan assays

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BROAD RANGE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR PROBE; PERIPROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RNA GENE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84877614604     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12125     Document Type: Letter

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