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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Autores principales: Maharajan, Karthikeyan, Patro, Dilip Kumar, Menon, Jagdish, Hariharan, Ananthanarayanan Palghat, Parija, Sabhash Chandra, Poduval, Murali, Thimmaiah, Sreenivas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3718669/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23826894
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-799X-8-19

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