Use of serum antistreptolysin O titers in the microbial diagnosis of orthopedic infections

Uckay, Ilker; Ferry, Tristan; Stern, Richard; Ambrosioni, Juan; Gamulin, Axel; Andrey, Diego Olivier; Djordjevic, Marina; Bernard, Louis; Hoffmeyer, Pierre; Lew, Daniel Pablo

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2008.10.004

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Use of serum antistreptolysin O titers in the microbial diagnosis of orthopedic infections

ContributorsUckay, Ilker; Ferry, Tristan; Stern, Richard; Ambrosioni, Juan; Gamulin, Axel; Andrey, Diego Olivier

; Djordjevic, Marina; Bernard, Louis; Hoffmeyer, Pierre; Lew, Daniel Pablo

Published inInternational journal of infectious diseases, vol. 13, no. 4, p. 421-424

Publication date2009

Abstract

The utility of serologic tests in the microbial diagnosis of orthopedic infections is unknown. Antistreptolysin O titer determination is inexpensive and accurate in the diagnosis of beta-hemolytic group A, C, and G streptococci. In patients with negative culture results and positive titers, antibiotics might be reduced to the narrowest spectrum, penicillin.

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Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Antistreptolysin/*blood/diagnostic use
Female
Humans
Infection/blood/*diagnosis
Male
Middle Aged
Orthopedic Procedures/*adverse effects
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Staphylococcal Infections/diagnosis
Streptococcal Infections/*diagnosis/epidemiology
Young Adult

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UCKAY, Ilker et al. Use of serum antistreptolysin O titers in the microbial diagnosis of orthopedic infections. In: International journal of infectious diseases, 2009, vol. 13, n° 4, p. 421–424. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.10.004

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PID : unige:20138
DOI : 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.10.004
PMID : 19128997

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