How sensitive is the synovial fluid white blood cell count in diagnosing septic arthritis?

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 749-752

  McGillicuddy, Daniel C ^a   Shah, Kaushal H ^b   Friedberg, Ryan P ^a   Nathanson, Larry A ^a   Edlow, Jonathan A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 34548594185     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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