Correlation between the results of cultures and the molecular BIOFIRE® joint infection panel in a cohort of pediatric patients with bone and joint infections in Bogotá, Colombia

• Main Authors: Germán Camacho-Moreno (Author), Enrique Vergara-Amador (Author), Tomás Martínez-Villegas (Author), Yefry Aragón-Joya (Author), Luz Romero-Cardozo (Author), Francisco Lores-Garcia (Author), Vivian Marcela Moreno (Author), Aura Lucia Leal-Castro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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IntroductionBone and Joint Infections (BJI) have high morbidity. Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has increased. Culture-based diagnosis has difficult to recovering fastidious bacteria and detecting polymicrobial infections, molecular methods offer a promising improvement for the d...