Focus on MRSA/SA SSTI Assay Failure in Prosthetic Joint Infections: 213 Consecutive Patients Later

Marie Titécat; Frédéric Wallet; Olivier Robineau; Michel Valette; Henri Migaud; Eric Senneville; Caroline Loïez

doi:10.1128/JCM.01658-16

Focus on MRSA/SA SSTI Assay Failure in Prosthetic Joint Infections: 213 Consecutive Patients Later

J Clin Microbiol. 2017 Feb;55(2):635-637. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01658-16. Epub 2016 Nov 16.

Authors

Marie Titécat^{1

2}, Frédéric Wallet^{3

2}, Olivier Robineau^{4

2}, Michel Valette⁴, Henri Migaud^{5

6

2}, Eric Senneville^{4

6

2}, Caroline Loïez^{3

2}

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Microbiology, Lille University Hospital, Lille, France marie.titecat@chru-lille.fr.
² University of Lille, Lille, France.
³ Institute of Microbiology, Lille University Hospital, Lille, France.
⁴ University Department of Infectious Diseases, Gustave Dron Hospital, Tourcoing, France.
⁵ Orthopaedic Department, Lille University Hospital, Lille, France.
⁶ Northwest Reference Center for Osteoarticular Infections (CRIOAC-G4 Lille-Tourcoing), Lille, France.

No abstract available

Keywords: Staphylococcus; mecA; prosthetic joint infection; vancomycin.

Publication types

Evaluation Study
Letter

MeSH terms

Diagnostic Tests, Routine / methods*
Female
Humans
Male
Methicillin Resistance*
Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / methods*
Osteoarthritis / diagnosis*
Osteoarthritis / microbiology
Predictive Value of Tests
Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnosis*
Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology
Sensitivity and Specificity
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis*
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
Staphylococcus / classification
Staphylococcus / drug effects
Staphylococcus / isolation & purification*