Benefits of Polymerase Chain Reaction Combined With Culture for the Diagnosis of Bone and Joint Infections: A Prospective Test Performance Study.

Hervé Jacquier Vincent FihmanRishma AmarsyEric VicautValérie BoussonEmmanuelle CambauAnne-Claude CrémieuxVéronique DelceyDidier HannoucheRachid KaciJean-Denis LaredoFabienne MeunierRémy NizardSébastien OttavianiCaroline ParlierPascal RichettePierre SellierFréderic ZadeganFréderic LiotéBéatrice Berçotnull null

Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2019)

Our study showed the benefit of 16S-PCR and PCR targeting M tuberculosis as add-on tests in cases of suspected BJI.

Keyphrases

mycobacterium tuberculosis
emergency department
pulmonary embolism
hiv aids
pulmonary tuberculosis
hiv infected
human immunodeficiency virus