The Suspected Infected Prosthetic Joint: Clinical Acumen and Added Value of Laboratory Investigations

Consensus definitions have emerged for the discrimination between infected and uninfected prosthetic joints but diagnostic uncertainty often occurs. We examined the accuracy of orthopaedic surgeons’ assessments to diagnose the infected prosthetic hip or knee and elucidated the added value of laborat...

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Autores principales: Petti, Cathy A., Stoddard, Gregory J., Sande, Merle A., Samore, Matthew H., Simmon, Keith E., Hofmann, Aaron
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4504711/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26181332
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0131609

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4504711/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26181332
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0131609

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