The Preoperative Microbial Detection is No Prerequisite for the Indication of Septic Revision in Cases of Suspected Periprosthetic Joint Infection.

Aim of This Study. Periprosthetic joint infections (PJIs) require a special antimicrobial regimen, fundamentally different from an aseptic treatment, making a correct preoperative diagnosis essential. However, a successful preoperative microbe detection is not always possible. We wanted to find out...

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Published in:BioMed Research International Vol. 2018; pp. 1 - 8
Main Authors: Karczewski, Daniel, Winkler, Tobias, Perka, Carsten, Müller, Michael
Format: algorithm research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell 6/21/2018
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