Ten-day culture incubation time can accurately detect bacterial infection in periprosthetic infection in shoulder arthroplasty

Background: Cutibacterium acnes is the most commonly isolated organism involved in periprosthetic shoulder infections. C acnes has traditionally been difficult to isolate, and much debate exists over appropriate culture methods. Recently, our institution initiated a 10-day culture method using a Bru...

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Main Authors: H. Scott Ellsworth, MD, Lingxin Zhang, MD, Jay D. Keener, MD, Carey-Ann D. Burnham, PhD, Alexander W. Aleem, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-06-01
Series:JSES International
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666638320300050