Inflammatory blood laboratory levels as markers of prosthetic joint infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2102-2109

  Berbari, Elie ^a   Mabry, Tad ^a   Tsaras, Geoffrey ^a   Spangehl, Mark ^b   Erwin, Pat J ^a   Murad, Mohammad Hassan ^a   Steckelberg, James ^a   Osmon, Douglas ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; AUTACOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; INFLAMMATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REOPERATION; REVIEW; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; BLOOD; HUMAN; INFECTION; JOINT PROSTHESIS; META ANALYSIS; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTERLEUKIN-6; JOINT PROSTHESIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; ODDS RATIO; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77956641807     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.I.01199     Document Type: Review

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