Serum Procalcitonin is a sensitive and specific marker in the diagnosis of septic arthritis and acute osteomyelitis

BACKGROUND: Early diagnosis of Acute Osteomyelitis (OM) and Septic Arthritis (SA) is of vital importance to avoid devastating complications. There is no single laboratory marker which is sensitive and specific in diagnosing these infections accurately. Total Count, ESR and CRP are not specific as th...

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Main Authors: Maharajan, Karthikeyan, Patro, Dilip Kumar, Menon, Jagdish, Hariharan, Ananthanarayanan Palghat, Parija, Sabhash Chandra, Poduval, Murali, Thimmaiah, Sreenivas
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3718669/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23826894
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-799X-8-19
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