Interleukin-6 in Serum and in Synovial Fluid Enhances the Differentiation between Periprosthetic Joint Infection and Aseptic Loosening

The preoperative differentiation between septic and aseptic loosening after total hip or knee arthroplasty is essential for successful therapy and relies in part on biomarkers. The objective of this study was to assess synovial and serum levels of inflammatory proteins as diagnostic tool for peripro...

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Main Authors: Randau, Thomas M., Friedrich, Max J., Wimmer, Matthias D., Reichert, Ben, Kuberra, Dominik, Stoffel-Wagner, Birgit, Limmer, Andreas, Wirtz, Dieter C., Gravius, Sascha
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3931684/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24586496
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0089045
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