Usefulness of CRP and ESR in predicting septic joints

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 522-526

  Ernst, Amy A ^a   Weiss, Steven J ^b   Tracy, Lori Ann ^b   Weiss, Natalie R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of New Mexico ^*

Author keywords

CRP; ESR; Marker; Septic joint

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BONE AND JOINT INFECTIONS; CHRONIC ARTHRITIS; CONTINGENCY TABLE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT ASPIRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTHRITIS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953292780     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181ddd246     Document Type: Article

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