评价Sonicate流体培养的截止点,以诊断周围假肢关节感染

Judith Alvarez Otero1, Melissa J Karau1, Kerryl E Greenwood-Quaintance1

  • 1Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.

概括

在超声波液培养中≥20 CFU/10mL的切断值是诊断周围假肢关节感染 (PJI) 的理想选择. 这一发现有助于标准化PJI的诊断标准,改善患者的治疗结果.

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