Sonication of Removed Hip and Knee Prostheses for Diagnosis of Infection - Trampuz, Andrej; Piper, Kerryl E; Jacobson, Melissa J; Hanssen, Arlen D; Unni, Krishnan K; Osmon, Douglas R; Mandrekar, Jayawant N; Cockerill, Franklin R; Steckelberg, James M; Greenleaf, James F; Patel, Robin (The New England journal of medicine, 2007)
Keywords: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anti-Infective Agents - therapeutic use; Bacteria; Bacteria - isolation & purification; Bacteriological Techniques - methods; Biofilms; Biological and medical sciences; Cell culture; Clinical trials; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; General aspects; Hip joint; Hip Prosthesis - adverse effects; Hip Prosthesis - microbiology; Humans; Infections; Knee; Knee Prosthesis - adverse effects; Knee Prosthesis - microbiology; Male; Medical diagnosis; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Orthopedic surgery; Prospective Studies; Prostheses; Prosthesis Failure; Prosthesis-Related Infections - diagnosis; Prosthesis-Related Infections - microbiology; Sensitivity and Specificity; Sonication; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Knee; Infection; Medicine; Sonication; Hip prosthesis; Orthopedic surgery; Treatment; Diagnosis