Confirmed presence of bacterial 16S rRNA in Achilles' tendon rupture samples

• Chelsea Hopkins,
• Sai-Chuen Fu,
• Kai-Ming Chan,
• Göran Friman,
• Qin Ling,
• Christer G. Rolf

Affiliations

Chelsea Hopkins

Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Sai-Chuen Fu

Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Kai-Ming Chan

Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Göran Friman

Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Qin Ling

Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Christer G. Rolf

Division of Orthopaedics and Biotechnology, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden