Conventional and molecular diagnostic strategies for prosthetic joint infections

Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 83-96

  Esteban, Jaime ^a   Sorlí, Luisa ^b,c   Alentorn Geli, Eduard ^b   Puig, Lluís ^b,c   Horcajada, Juan P ^b,c  

^a 28400 Madrid   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diagnostic methods; Molecular diagnostics; Prosthetic joint infection

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DNA 16S; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROCALCITONIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BLOOD CULTURE; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GOLD STANDARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROCALORIMETRY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PYROSEQUENCING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TISSUE CULTURE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 84893087192     PISSN: 14737159     EISSN: 17448352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737159.2014.861327     Document Type: Review

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