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Use of serum antistreptolysin O titers in the microbial diagnosis of orthopedic infections
Authors
Uckay, Ilker
Ferry, Tristan
Stern, Richard
Ambrosioni, Juan
Gamulin, Axel
Andrey, Diego Olivier
Djordjevic, Marina
Bernard, Louis
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Published in International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2009, vol. 13, no. 4, p. 421-424
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.
Keywords 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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PMID: 19128997
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Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine interne des spécialités
Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de chirurgie
Research groups Glycopeptide résistance (28)
Chirurgie orthopédique et traumatologique (98)
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(ISO format) 		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. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:20138

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