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Hemenway, Joseph J.

Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic

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Clinical Use of a 16S Ribosomal RNA Gene-Based Sanger and/or Next Generation Sequencing Assay to Test Preoperative Synovial Fluid for Periprosthetic Joint Infection Diagnosis
Flurin, Laure , Hemenway, Joseph J., Fisher, Cody R. , Vaillant, James J. , Azad, Marisa Ann , Greenwood‐Quaintance, Kerryl E. , Patel, Robin , Azad, Marisa , Wolf, Matthew J, Patel, Robin , Fisher, Cody , Wolf, Matthew J., Abdel, Matthew P.

mBio | November 10, 2022 | Volume: 13 | Issue: 6 | Pages: No page available

10.1128/mbio.01322-22 Get It

Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a dreadful complication of joint replacement. Noninvasive identification of infectious pathogens has been traditionnally limited to culture-based testing of synovial fluid which has poor sensitivity.