Optimal length of cultivation time for isolation of Propionibacterium acnes in suspected bone and joint infections is more than 7 days

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 3043-3049

  Bossard, Daniel A ^a   Ledergerber, Bruno ^a   Zingg, Patrick O ^b   Gerber, Christian ^b   Zinkernagel, Annelies S ^a   Zbinden, Reinhard ^c   Achermann, Yvonne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THIOGLYCOLIC ACID; CULTURE MEDIUM; THIOGLYCOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BONE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVATION TIME; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIPROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME; TRANSPORTATION TIME; ADOLESCENT; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIP; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER JOINT; THIOGLYCOLATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84997754992     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01435-16     Document Type: Article

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