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Benefits of Polymerase Chain Reaction Combined With Culture for the Diagnosis of Bone and Joint Infections: A Prospective Test Performance Study

Hervé Jacquier, Vincent Fihman, Rishma Amarsy, Éric Vicaut, V. Bousson, Emmanuelle Cambau, Anne‐Claude Crémieux, V. Delcey, Didier Hannouche, Rachid Kaci,

Open Forum Infectious Diseases · 2019 · 22 citations · 20 references

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Our study showed the benefit of 16S-PCR and PCR targeting <i>M tuberculosis</i> as add-on tests in cases of suspected BJI.

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New Definition for Periprosthetic Joint Infection: From the Workgroup of the Musculoskeletal Infection Society

Javad Parvizi, Benjamin Zmistowski, Elie F. Berbari et al. · Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research · 2011 · 1.9K citations · Full text

Sonication of Removed Hip and Knee Prostheses for Diagnosis of Infection

Andrej Trampuž, Kerryl E. Piper, Melissa Jacobson et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2007 · 1.4K citations

Executive Summary: Diagnosis and Management of Prosthetic Joint Infection: Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of Americaa

Douglas R. Osmon, Elie F. Berbari, Anthony R. Berendt et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2012 · 895 citations · Full text

Prolonged Bacterial Culture to Identify Late Periprosthetic Joint Infection: A Promising Strategy

Peter Schäfer, Bernd Fink, D Sandow et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2008 · 540 citations · Full text

Improved Diagnosis of Periprosthetic Joint Infection by Multiplex PCR of Sonication Fluid from Removed Implants

Yvonne Achermann, Markus Vogt, Michael Leunig et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2010 · 343 citations · Full text

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