On Monday 12 August at 14:15, Diana Salomi Ponraj defends her PhD dissertation entitled "Diagnosis of slow growing Gram-positive anaerobic bacteria in orthopaedic implant-associated infections".

Orthopaedic implant associated infections (OIAI), though rare, have serious implications for the patients, the surgeons, and the healthcare system. In addition to virulent bacteria like Staphylococcus aureus, slow-growing Gram positive bacteria (SGAB) like Cutibacterium acnes are increasingly being recognized as causative agents of OIAI.

The aim of this PhD thesis was to evaluate the usefulness of culture-dependent and culture independent methods in the diagnosis of OIAI due to SGAB, using sonication fluid (SF) as the primary diagnostic specimen.
The project was carried out by Diana Ponraj, who is defending her dissertation on 12/8.

This PhD dissertation consists of four embedded original papers, representing the work conducted in three years of a full-time PhD programme. The clinical samples were collected from the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital and all laboratory work was conducted at the Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University.

The summary is written by the PhD student. 

The defence is public and takes place in the Eduard Biermann Auditorium (1252-204), Aarhus University. Please see the press release for more information. 

Contact

PhD student Diana Salomi Ponraj

Mail: diana.ponraj@clin.au.dk

Phone: (+45) 60870171

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