The effect of storage delay and storage temperature on orthopaedic surgical samples contaminated by Staphylococcus Epidermidis.

Prosthetic Joint Infection (PJI) is a rare but devastating complications with high morbitity and mortality. The identification of the causal microorganism remains crucial and determines therapeutic strategies and success. Microbiology cultures remain the common method to diagnose PJI. Unfortunately,...

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Main Authors: Maïté Van Cauter, Olivier Cornu, Jean-Cyr Yombi, Hector Rodriguez-Villalobos, Ludovic Kaminski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5858844?pdf=render