For periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) patients, an early and rapid detection of methicillin-
resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in joint synovial fluid is of great significance for …

Objectives: A new multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay was
developed to detect methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus (MRS) and to distinguish between …

Periprosthetic joint infections (PJIs) are frequently caused by methicillin-resistant coagulase-
negative staphylococci (CoNS). Cultures remain the gold standard but often require a few …

The aim of this study was to validate the accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity of a methicillin-
resistant Staphylococcus (MRS) real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay in clinical …

Periprosthetic joint infections (PJIs) are among the most severe complications emerging
from prosthetic joint replacement surgeries. In order to possess a rapid means of diagnosing …

Synovial fluid is important for the preoperative etiological diagnosis of suspected
periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) or septic arthritis (SA). GENECUBE, an automated real …

Electrochemical DNA biosensor has unique advantages for on-site pathogenic
microorganism detection, yet the detection of long DNA towards genome DNA (gDNA) …

The Xpert® MRSA/SA SSTI assay (Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA, USA) performed on the
GeneXpert® instrument is a new generation test based on multiplex Real Time-PCR …

In case of periprosthetic joint infections, the antibiotic treatment administered intraoperatively
entails consequences on bacterial ecology with potential secondary effects. This study …

Background To effectively treat orthopaedic infections by methicillin-resistant strains, an
early diagnosis is necessary. Bacterial cultures and real-time polymerase chain reaction …