Diagnosis of prosthetic joint infections using UMD-Universal Kit and the automated multiplex-PCR Unyvero i60 ITI® cartridge system: a pilot study

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BACKGROUND: Prosthetic joint infections (PJI) are associated with high morbidity and costs. Various efforts have been made to improve the diagnosis of PJI over the past years, but only few studies have assessed the diagnostic utility of nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) techniques in this context. Here, we report our experience with a commercial 16S rRNA gene PCR and an automated multiplex-PCR cartridge...

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