Prosthetic Joint Infection Diagnosis

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Our speaker for this program is Robin Patel, MD, Director of the Initial Processing and Media Laboratory and Director of the Bacteriology Laboratory in the Division of Clinical Microbiology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Patel will discuss the importance of accurate diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection and its management. She will focus on the pathogenesis, clinical presentation, and definition of arthroplasty failure, and will discuss diagnostic strategies.

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Related Tests

• #  9731 C-Reactive Protein (CRP), Serum
• #50001 Bacteria, Aerobic, Culture
• #50010 Bacterial Culture, Anaerobic

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