Swab cultures are not as effective as tissue cultures for diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 471, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3196-3203

  Aggarwal, Vinay K ^a   Higuera, Carlos ^a   Deirmengian, Gregory ^a   Parvizi, Javad ^a   Austin, Matthew S ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AXENIC CULTURE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SURGICAL SWAB; TISSUE CULTURE;

EID: 84884702906     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-013-2974-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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