Clinical utilization of species‐specific immunoassays for identification of Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus agalactiae in orthopedic infections
Sulovari A, Ninomiya MJ, Beck CA, Ricciardi BF, Ketonis C, Mesfin A, Kaplan NB, Soin SP, McDowell SM, Mahmood B, Daiss JL, Schwarz EM, Oh I. Clinical utilization of species‐specific immunoassays for identification of Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus agalactiae in orthopedic infections. Journal Of Orthopaedic Research® 2020, 39: 2141-2150. PMID: 33274775, PMCID: PMC8175449, DOI: 10.1002/jor.24935.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsFracture-related infectionMusculoskeletal infectionsOrthopedic infectionsHigh diagnostic potentialCultured peripheral blood mononuclear cellsDiagnostic potentialDeep musculoskeletal infectionSignificant patient morbidityBlood mononuclear cellsDiabetic foot ulcersAntigen-specific IgGPeriprosthetic joint infectionStaphylococcus aureusInfection patientsSeptic arthritisSurgical treatmentCurrent diagnostic methodsFoot ulcersJoint infectionAntibody titersMononuclear cellsPatient morbidityPolymicrobial infectionsAntibiotic use