Analysis of synovial fluid in culture-negative samples of suspicious periprosthetic infections

Orthopedics

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Lee, Su Chan ^a   Jung, Kwang Am ^a   Yoon, Ji Yeol ^a   Nam, Chang Hyun ^a   Hwang, Seung Hyun ^a   Park, Il Seok ^a  

^a Himchan Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; ARTHRALGIA; CYTOLOGY; INFECTION; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MICROBIOLOGY; NEUTROPHIL;

AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; ROC CURVE; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 77957984937     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20100826-13     Document Type: Article

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