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Influence of inflammatory arthritis on leukocyte esterase strip results in the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection

BACKGROUND: The leukocyte esterase (LE) strip is considered as a helpful method to detect infection, which might be influenced by other inflammatory diseases. This study aims to explore whether the centrifugation of synovial fluid could influence the positive result of LE strip caused by inflammator...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Jinling, Gui, Binjie, Cheng, Fangyue, Rong, Genxiang, Tang, Zhi, Shen, Cailiang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6954599/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31924233
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13018-019-1523-0