Are There Benefits In Early Diagnosis Of Prosthetic Joint Infection With Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction?

<p class="p p-first" id="__p2"><em>Purpose</em> Identification of bacteria and susceptibility are fundamental in periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). Especially in the case of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) rapid detection of pathogens is essent...

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Main Authors: C. Lausmann, A. Zahar, M. Citak, J. Brañes, S. Schmidl, L. Frommelt, T. Gehrke, M. Gebauer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-09-01
Series:Journal of Bone and Joint Infection
Online Access:https://jbji.copernicus.org/articles/2/175/2017/jbji-2-175-2017.pdf