Serum IL-6 in combination with synovial IL-6/CRP shows excellent diagnostic power to detect hip and knee prosthetic joint infection

BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is still a challenge in some patients after total joint replacement. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) strongly participates in the arrangement of the host-bacteria response. Therefore, increased levels of IL-6 should accompany every PJI. PURPOSE: The...

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Autores principales: Gallo, Jiri, Svoboda, Michal, Zapletalova, Jana, Proskova, Jitka, Juranova, Jarmila
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6013214/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29927991
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199226

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6013214/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29927991
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199226

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