Diagnosis of periprosthetic joint bacterial infections by culture of sonication fluid from infected implants

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Sonication: A Valuable Technique for Diagnosis and Treatment of Periprosthetic Joint Infections

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In Vitro Effect of Ultrasound on Bacteria and Suggested Protocol for Sonication and Diagnosis of Prosthetic Infections

(2009) T. Monsen et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Critical Evaluation of Two Primers Commonly Used for Amplification of Bacterial 16S rRNA Genes

(2008) J. A. Frank et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The value of synovial biopsy, joint aspiration and C-reactive protein in the diagnosis of late peri-prosthetic infection of total knee replacements

(2008) B. Fink et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-BRITISH VOLUME

Diagnosis of periprosthetic infection following total hip arthroplasty - evaluation of the diagnostic values of pre- and intraoperative parameters and the associated strategy to preoperatively select patients with a high probability of joint infection

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