The impact of sonication cultures when the diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection is inconclusive.
Taiana Cunha RibeiroEmerson Kiyoshi HondaDaniel DaniachiRicardo de Paula Leite CuryCely Barreto da SilvaGiselle Burlamaqui KlautauMauro José Costa SallesPublished in: PloS one (2021)
In a context where diagnostic criteria available have shortcomings and tissue cultures remain the gold standard, sonication cultures can aid PJI diagnosis, especially when diagnostic criteria are inconclusive due to some important missing data (joint puncture, histology).