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Incidence of low-grade infection in aseptic loosening of total hip arthroplasty

A prospective multicenter study using extensive routine and broad-range 16S PCR with reverse line blot diagnostics

Dirk Jan F Moojen Department of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Gijs van Hellemondt Department of Orthopaedics, Sint Maartensclinic, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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H Charles Vogely Department of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Bart J Burger Department of Orthopaedics, Medical Center Alkmaar, Alkmaar, the Netherlands
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Geert H I M Walenkamp Department of Orthopaedics, Maastricht University Medical Center, Research Institute CAPHRI, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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Niek J A Tulp Department of Orthopaedics, Isala Clinics, Zwolle, the Netherlands
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B Wim Schreurs Department of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Sint Radboud, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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Frank R A J de Meulemeester Department of Orthopaedics, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Corrie S Schot Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Perinatal Screening, Center for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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Ingrid van de Pol Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Perinatal Screening, Center for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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Takaaki Fujishiro Departments of Pathology, Orthopaedic Surgery and the Spine Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA; Department of Orthopaedics, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan
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Leo M Schouls Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Perinatal Screening, Center for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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Thomas W Bauer Department of Orthopaedics, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan
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Wouter J A Dhert Department of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Pages 667-673 | Received 24 Nov 2009, Accepted 02 Jul 2010, Published online: 04 Oct 2010

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