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Synovial fluid interleukin-6 is not superior to cell count and differential in the detection of periprosthetic joint infection
AIMS: Synovial fluid white blood cell (WBC) count and percentage of polymorphonuclear cells (%PMN) are elevated at periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). Leucocytes produce different interleukins (IL), including IL-6, so we hypothesized that synovial fluid IL-6 could be a more accurate predictor of P...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7750741/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33367280 http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/2633-1462.112.BJO-2020-0166.R1 |