Should modern molecular testing be routinely available for the diagnosis of musculoskeletal infection?

Cutner Research Fellow and Orthopaedic Registrar

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

jerrytsang@nhs.net

Associate Professor and Robertson Fellow, Clinical Lecturer, and Honorary Consultant in Infectious Diseases

Big Data Institute, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Consultant in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology and Honorary Sensior Lecturer

Bone Infection Unit, Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospital, Department of Microbiology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK

George Harrison Law Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK