Rapid diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection from synovial fluid in blood culture bottles by direct matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry

• Feng-Chih Kuo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Chun-Chih Chien,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Software, Validation

  Affiliation Laboratory Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Mel S. Lee,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Jun-Wen Wang,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Po-Chun Lin,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Chen-Hsiang Lee

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: lee900@cgmh.org.tw

  Affiliations College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9302-5220

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