Diagnosis of periprosthetic joint bacterial infections by culture of sonication fluid from infected implants
Purpose: This study compared the results of a culture method using sonication with those yielded by the conventional culture method, for patients with infected total knee arthroplasty (TKA). We also evaluated the usefulness of sonication for the identification of pathogens in infected TKA cases. Met...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2019-02-01
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| Series: | Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2309499019832417 |