Diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection by beadmill processing of a periprosthetic specimen

作者：Roux A L; Sivadon Tardy V; Bauer T; Lortat Jacob A; Herrmann J L; Gaillard J L; Rottman M^*

来源：Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2011, 17(3): 447-450.

DOI：10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03359.x

• Arthroplasty
• beadmill
• microbiology
• periprosthetic samples
• prosthetic joint infection

We report a microbiological process for the documentation of prosthetic joint infection (PJI). Intraoperative periprosthetic tissue samples from 92 consecutive patients undergoing revision surgery for PJI were submitted to mechanized beadmill processing: specimens were aseptically collected in polypropylene vials, filled with sterile water and glass beads and submitted to mechanized agitation with a beadmill. The documentation rate of PJI following culture on solid and liquid media was 83.7% and the contamination rate 8.7%. Final documentation was obtained after overnight culture for 51.9% of cases and with 7 days of broth culture for all documented cases.

• 出版日期2011-3