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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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Autores principales: Mihalič, René, Zdovc, Jurij, Brumat, Peter, Trebše, Rihard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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