The Alpha-defensin Test for Periprosthetic Joint Infection Outperforms the Leukocyte Esterase Test Strip

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 473, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 198-203

  Deirmengian, Carl ^a,b   Kardos, Keith ^a   Kilmartin, Patrick ^a   Cameron, Alexander ^a   Schiller, Kevin ^a   Booth, Robert E ^c   Parvizi, Javad ^b  

^a ROTHMAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Aria 3B Orthopaedic Specialists   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DEFENSIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBOXYLESTERASE; LEUKOCYTE ESTERASE; TEST STRIP;

ARTHROPLASTY; COLORIMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; JOINT PROSTHESIS; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TEST STRIP;

ALPHA-DEFENSINS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; COLORIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; JOINT PROSTHESIS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REAGENT STRIPS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 84925284263     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-014-3722-7     Document Type: Article

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