Culture Negative Orthopedic Biofilm Infections

1. The Problem of Culture-Negative Infections
G. D. Ehrlich, P. J. DeMeo, J. W. Costerton

2. Culture-Negative Infections in Orthopedic Surgery
G. D. Ehrlich, Patrick DeMeo, Michael Palmer, T. J. Sauber, Dan Altman, Greg Altman, Nick Sotereanos, Stephen Conti, Mark Baratz, Gerhard Maale, Fen Z. Hu, J. Christopher Post, Laura Nistico, Rachael Kreft, Luanne Hall-Stoodley, J. W. Costerton, Paul Stoodley

3. Improved Diagnosis of Biofilm Infections Using Various Molecular Methods
Trine Rolighed Thomsen, Yijuan Xu, Jan Lorenzen, Per Halkjær Nielsen, Henrik Carl Schønheyder

4. Improved Outcomes Via Integrated Molecular Diagnostics and Biofilm Targeted Therapeutics
John P. Kennedy, Curtis E. Jones

5. Immunological Methods for Staphylococcus aureus Infection Diagnosis and Prevention
Nathan K. Archer, J. William Costerton, Jeff G. Leid, Mark E. Shirtliff

6. Diagnosing Periprosthetic Joint Infection: Cultures, Molecular Markers, and the Ibis Technology
Javad Parvizi

7. Infections Associated with Severe Open Tibial Fractures
Robert V. O’Toole

8. Second-Generation Molecular Diagnostics and Strategies for Preventing Periprosthetic Joint Infections
Nicholas Sotereanos

9. Treatment of Orthopedic Infections: Addressing the Biofilm Issue
Heinz Winkler

10. Towards a New Paradigm in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Orthopedic Infections
G. D. Ehrlich, J. W. Costerton, D. Altman, G. Altman, M. Palmer, C. Post, P. Stoodley, P. J. DeMeo

Keywords: Life Sciences, Microbiology, Bacteriology, Microbial Ecology