Preoperative synovial fluid culture poorly predicts the pathogen causing periprosthetic joint infection
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DOI: 10.1007/s15010-020-01540-2
Abstract: We investigated the value of preoperative pathogen detection and evaluated its concordance with intraoperative cultures in patients with culture-positive periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). Culture-positive PJI episodes with available preoperative (synovial fluid) and intraoperative cultures (periprosthetic… read more here.
Keywords: pathogen; preoperative synovial; synovial fluid; culture ... See more keywords