Procalcitonin levels in fresh serum and fresh synovial fluid for the differential diagnosis of knee septic arthritis from rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and gouty arthritis

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1075-1080

  Wang, Chenggong ^a   Zhong, Da ^a   Liao, Qiande ^a   Kong, Lingyu ^a   Liu, Ansong ^a   Xiao, Han ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Fresh serum; Fresh synovial fluid; Procalcitonin; Septic arthritis

Indexed keywords

PROCALCITONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED FLUORESCENCE ASSAY; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 84906487189     PISSN: 17920981     EISSN: 17921015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/etm.2014.1870     Document Type: Article

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