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Accuracy of Tissue and Sonication Fluid Sampling for the Diagnosis of Fracture-Related Infection: A Systematic Review and Critical Appraisal
Jolien Onsea
Department of Trauma Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
Melissa Depypere
Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
Geertje Govaert
Department of Trauma Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
Richard Kuehl
Department of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital of Basel, Switzerland
Thomas Vandendriessche
KU Leuven Libraries - 2Bergen - Learning Centre Désiré Collen, Leuven, Belgium
Mario Morgenstern
Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
Martin McNally
The Bone Infection Unit, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford, United Kingdom
Andrej Trampuz
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery
Willem-Jan Metsemakers
Department of Trauma Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
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