Preoperative Aspiration Culture for Preoperative Diagnosis of Infection in Total Hip or Knee Arthroplasty

This meta-analysis evaluated preoperative aspiration culture for diagnosing prosthetic joint infection (PJI) in total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The pooled sensitivity and specificity were 0.72 (95% confidence interval, 0.65 to 0.78) and 0.95 (0.93 to 0.97), respective...

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Main Authors:	Qu, Xinhua, Zhai, Zanjing, Wu, Chuanlong, Jin, Fangchun, Li, Haowei, Wang, Lei, Liu, Guangwang, Liu, Xuqiang, Wang, Wengang, Li, Huiwu, Zhang, Xiaoyu, Zhu, Zhenan, Dai, Kerong
Format:	Artigo
Language:	Inglês
Published:	American Society for Microbiology 2013
Subjects:	Bacteriology
Online Access:	https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3889774/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23946521 https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01467-13
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Preoperative Aspiration Culture for Preoperative Diagnosis of Infection in Total Hip or Knee Arthroplasty

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