Twenty-three neutrophil granulocytes in 10 high-power fields is the best histopathological threshold to differentiate between aseptic and septic endoprosthesis loosening

Histopathology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 847-853

  Morawietz, Lars ^a,c   Tiddens, Obbe ^c   Mueller, Michael ^a   Tohtz, Stephan ^a   Gansukh, Tserenchunt ^b   Schroeder, Joerg H ^a   Perka, Carsten ^a   Krenn, Veit ^c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MONGOLIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Mongolia)

^c Institute of Pathology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endoprosthesis; Histopathology; Immunohistochemistry; Infection; Septic loosening

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPETIC ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SEPTIC ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD15; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CELL COUNT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REOPERATION; SEPSIS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 66949114569     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2009.03313.x     Document Type: Article

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