Mitja Rak

Orthopaedic Hospital Valdoltra — SI

Medicine · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Orthopedic Infections and Treatments(8), Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty(6), Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management(6), Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing(3), Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes(2)

Publications14 total

SONICATION FLUID INCUBATION IN BLOOD CULTURE BOTTLES IS MORE SENSITIVE FOR PERIPROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION THAN CLASSICAL CULTIVATION OF SONICATION FLUID
Orthopaedic Proceedings·2024
Potential value of a rapid syndromic multiplex PCR for the diagnosis of native and prosthetic joint infections: a real-world evidence study
Journal of Bone and Joint Infection·2024· 17 citedOpen Access
Identification of prosthetic joint infections with 16S amplicon metagenomic sequencing – comparison with standard cultivation approach
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease·2024· 3 cited
Identification of Prosthetic Joint Infections with 16s Amplicon Metagenomic Sequencing – Comparison with Standard Cultivation Approach
SSRN Electronic Journal·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Accuracy of Allplex SARS-CoV-2 Assay Amplification Curve Analysis for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 Variant Alpha
Future Microbiology·2022· 3 citedOpen Access
Cutibacterium acnes clonal complexes display various growth rates in blood culture vials used for diagnosing orthopedic device-related infections
Anaerobe·2021· 3 cited
Sol-gel synthesis, characterization and properties of TiO2 and Ag-TiO2 coatings on titanium substrate
Surface and Coatings Technology·2016· 42 cited
Detection of bacteria with molecular methods in prosthetic joint infection: sonication fluid better than periprosthetic tissue
Acta Orthopaedica·2016· 59 citedOpen Access
Efficacy and safety of electrochemotherapy combined with peritumoral IL‐12 gene electrotransfer of canine mast cell tumours
Veterinary and Comparative Oncology·2016· 86 citedOpen Access
Abstract 292: Interleukin-12 gene therapy combined with local ablative technique electrochemotherapy for treatment of canine mastocytoma
Cancer Research·2015
Identification of the same species in at least two intra-operative samples for prosthetic joint infection diagnostics yields the best results with broad-range polymerase chain reaction
International Orthopaedics·2014· 12 cited
Real-time PCR applications in clinical research and diagnostics
OpenstarTs (Univeristy of Trieste https://www.units.it/)·2014· 1 citedOpen Access
Pathophysiological mechanisms of joint implant loosening
EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste eBooks·2014Open Access
Comparison of molecular and culture method in diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection
FEMS Microbiology Letters·2013· 54 citedOpen Access

Frequent Co-authors

Andrej Cör(8), Rihard Trebše(7), Maja Čemažar(4), Martina Kavčič(3), Darja Barlič‐Maganja(3), Aleksander Mahnič(3), Maja Rupnik(3), Jerneja Ambrožič Avguštin(2), Darja Pavlin(2), Gregor Serša(2), Ana Krhač Levačić(2), Nataša Tešić(2), Nataša Tozon(2), Ingrid Milošev(2), Anne‐Laure Roux(2), Samo Jeverica(2), Julija Hmeljak(2), Alessandro Poli(1), Urša Lampreht Tratar(1), N. Cotolan(1)