title: The diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection: current techniques and emerging technologies.
abstract: It is important to diagnose prosthetic joint infection accurately because the medical and surgical treatment of prosthetic joint infection differs from that of other causes of prosthetic joint failure. Recognition of the presence or absence of infection at or before the time of surgery is important in directing the appropriate surgical approach. Recovery and susceptibility testing of the infecting organism are essential to the selection of appropriate anti-infective therapy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. patel.robin@mayo.edu
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Douglas R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Osmon
authors.forename: Arlen D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Hanssen
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D007595:Joint Prosthesis / Q000382:microbiology*; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013582:Synovial Fluid / Q000166:cytology / Q000382:microbiology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial