Periprosthetic Joint Infection Diagnosis. A Complete Understanding of White Blood Cell Count and Differential

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1589-1593

  Zmistowski, Benjamin ^a   Restrepo, Camilo ^a   Huang, Ronald ^a   Hozack, William J ^a   Parvizi, Javad ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Knee arthroplasty; Knee revision; Periprosthetic joint infection; Synovial and serum white blood cell count

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; PERIPROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVIAL FLUID LEVEL;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84866347219     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2012.03.059     Document Type: Article

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