Comparison of Synovial Fluid and Serum Procalcitonin for Diagnosis of Periprosthetic Joint Infection: A Pilot Study in 32 Patients

BACKGROUND: Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) remains challenging since a “gold standard” for diagnosis has not yet been established. This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy of synovial fluid procalcitonin (SF-PCT) and serum procalcitonin as a diagnostic biomarker for PJI and to compare its acc...

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Veröffentlicht in:Biomed Res Int
Hauptverfasser: Sa-ngasoongsong, Paphon, Wongsak, Siwadol, Jarungvittayakon, Chavarat, Limsamutpetch, Kawee, Channoom, Thanaphot, Kawinwonggowit, Viroj
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Hindawi 2018
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6188588/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30364023
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/8351308
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