Sonication versus Tissue Sampling for Diagnosis of Prosthetic Joint and Other Orthopedic Device-Related Infections
Author(s) -
Maria Dudareva,
Lucinda Barrett,
Mel Figtree,
Matthew Scarborough,
Masanori Watanabe,
Robert Newnham,
Rachael Wallis,
Sarah Oakley,
Ben Kendrick,
David Stubbs,
Martin McNally,
Philip Bejon,
Bridget Atkins,
Adrian Taylor,
Andrew Brent
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.00688-18
Subject(s) - orthopedic surgery , sampling (signal processing) , medicine , surgery , pathology , computer science , computer vision , filter (signal processing)
Current guidelines recommend collection of multiple tissue samples for diagnosis of prosthetic joint infections (PJI). Sonication of explanted devices has been proposed as a potentially simpler alternative; however, reported microbiological yield varies.
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