Diagnosis of Periprosthetic Joint Infection

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 29, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2014, Pages 77-83

  Zmistowski, Benjamin ^a   Della Valle, Craig ^a   Bauer, Thomas W ^a   Malizos, Konstantinos N ^a   Alavi, Abbas ^a   Bedair, Hani ^a   Booth, Robert E ^a   Choong, Peter ^a   Deirmengian, Carl ^a   Ehrlich, Garth D ^a   Gambir, Anil ^a   Huang, Ronald ^a   Kissin, Yair ^a   Kobayashi, Hideo ^a   Kobayashi, Naomi ^a   Krenn, Veit ^a   Lorenzo, Drago ^a   Marston, S B ^a   Meermans, Geert ^a   Perez, Javier ^a   Ploegmakers, J J ^a   Rosenberg, Aaron ^a   Simpendorfer, C ^a   Thomas, Peter ^a   Tohtz, Stephan ^a   Villafuerte, Jorge A ^a   Wahl, Peter ^a   Wagenaar, Frank Christiaan ^a   Witzo, Eivind ^a   more..

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ALGORITHM; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FUNGAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFECTION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NONHUMAN; PERIPROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTHESIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; ULTRASOUND;

ALGORITHMS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

EID: 84892870022     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2013.09.040     Document Type: Article

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