The routine use of atypical cultures in presumed aseptic revisions is unnecessary.

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Published in Clin Orthop Relat Res on October 01, 2013

Authors

Anthony T Tokarski1, Joseph O'Neil, Carl A Deirmengian, Joseph Ferguson, Gregory K Deirmengian

Author Affiliations

1: The Rothman Institute of Orthopedics at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 925 Chestnut Street, 5th Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, USA.

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