Antimicrobial-loaded bone cement does not negatively influence sonicate fluid culture positivity for diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection

Kyung Hwa Park, Kerryl E. Greenwood-Quaintance, Arlen D. Hanssen, Matthew P. Abdel, Robin Patel

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Abstract

We compared culture results to investigate the influence of antimicrobial-loaded cement on sonicate fluid culture positivity for the diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection. Fifty-four subjects were assessed. The sensitivities of sonicate fluid culture were 77.8% (14 of 18) in subjects with an antimicrobial-loaded cemented prosthesis and 58.3% (21 of 36) in subjects with an antimicrobialfree prosthesis.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1656-1659
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of clinical microbiology
Volume54
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2016

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Microbiology (medical)

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