Sonicate fluid inoculated into blood culture bottles does not improve diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection caused by anaerobes. A retrospective analysis.

CONCLUSION: Depending on the pathogen, incubation of sonicate fluid using blood culture bottles can support diagnosis of PJI but compared with our culture medium it is less efficient if anaerobes are the suspected cause of infection. Microbiological expertise is therefore indispensable to ensure reliable detection of these microorganisms in PJI until a gold standard for laboratory handling of anaerobes has been established.
PMID: 32001335 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Anaerobe - January 26, 2020 Category: Microbiology Authors: Rieber H, Frontzek A, Alefeld M, Heinrich S, Barden B, Jerosch J, Breil-Wirth A, Schmitt H, Ulatowski M, Götz S, Mullahi A, Fischer M, Weber R, Pfander D, Sakkal A, Kukuk P, Bell A Tags: Anaerobe Source Type: research