Should draining wounds and sinuses associated with hip and knee arthroplasties be cultured?

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 28, Issue 8 SUPPL, 2013, Pages 133-136

  Tetreault, Matthew W ^a   Wetters, Nathan G ^a   Aggarwal, Vinay K ^b   Moric, Mario ^a   Segreti, John ^a   Huddleston, James I ^c   Parvizi, Javad ^b   Della Valle, Craig J ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Periprosthetic joint infection; Sinus tract cultures; Total hip arthroplasty; Total knee arthroplasty; Wound cultures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SAMPLE SIZE; SKIN CULTURE; WOUND DRAINAGE;

PERIPROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION; SINUS TRACT CULTURES; TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY; TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; WOUND CULTURES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COHORT STUDIES; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884165265     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2013.04.057     Document Type: Article

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