Molecular Culture on sonication fluid

E. Morreel from the DANS Data Station Life Sciences Collection provides anonymized clinical and microbiological data from patients undergoing hip or knee revision arthroplasty at the Maastricht University Medical Center+ between 2019 and 2023. The dataset was generated for a retrospective study evaluating the diagnostic performance of the Molecular Culture® PCR assay on sonication fluid for periprosthetic joint infection. It includes patient demographics, revision indications, infection classifications, culture results, and clinical outcomes for diagnostic adjudication.

Use Cases

• Validate the diagnostic performance of the Molecular Culture® PCR assay based on comparison with sonication fluid culture results and clinical adjudication.
• Analyze correlations between patient demographics, prior antimicrobial exposure, and infection outcomes based on the included clinical variables.
• Investigate the clinical relevance of microbiological findings for periprosthetic joint infection diagnosis based on the European Bone and Joint Infection Society classification.

Strengths

• Data covers a 5-year period from 2019 to 2023.
• Includes multiple data points per patient such as demographics, test results, and clinical outcomes.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Maastricht University Medical Center+

Collection Method

Retrospective study of patient records.

Time Range

2019 to 2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-02 05:10:10; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely the Netherlands (inferred from institution location).