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It can be unnecessary to combine common synovial fluid analysis and alpha-defensin tests for periprosthetic joint infection diagnosis

BACKGROUND: Periprosthetic joint infection is a serious complication after total joint arthroplasty. Despite that alpha-defensin was used as diagnostic test in the 2018 ICM (international consensus meeting) criteria, its position in the PJI diagnostic pipeline was controversial. Therefore, we perfor...

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Autores principales: Li, Hao, Li, Rui, Erlong, Niu, Chai, Wei, Hao, LiBo, Xu, Chi, Fu, Jun, Chen, Jiying, Zhu, Fangzheng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10308702/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37386394
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-023-06594-5