MSSA and MRSA Screening in Patients Undergoing Elective TJA: the Benefits of Next-generation Sequencing

Rothman Institute Orthopaedics

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Total Joint Arthroplasty; Next Generation Sequencing; Staphylococcus Aureus

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: next generation sequencing

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04574752

JPARV20D.165

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aims of this study were to evaluate the diagnostic performance of molecular and culture techniques in S. aureus screening using paired nasal and groin swabs, to determine, if any, discrepancy between the diagnostic techniques and to model the potential effect of different diagnostic techniques on S. aureus detection in orthopaedic patients

Enrollment: 163 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All patients undergoing primary total knee or total hip arthroplasty at our institution will be eligible.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients included in other prospective studies