Can pre-analytical procedures improve microbiological culture yield in patients with periprosthetic infections?
Pre-analytical storage of tissue samples in thioglycolate broth did not improve the culture yield and did not detect additional cases of infection compared to the standard (pre-analytical storage in sterile containers). However, including a thioglycolate medium to the sampling algorithm reduced the rate of culture-negative infections and helped to identify additional organisms.
Authors
- Christoph Theil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0563-4128)
- Georg Gosheger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1089-9972)
- Frieder Schaumburg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9168-9290)
- Jan Schwarze (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6793-1844)
- Burkhard Möllenbeck
- Jan Pützler
- Juliane Käschner
Institutions
- University Hospital Münster (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Microbiology
- Published
- 2024-09-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-024-03493-0
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Orthopedic Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.15
Funders
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
- Stiftung Endoprothetik