Inflammatory markers in patients with inflammatory arthritis: perhaps they can be helpful in diagnosing chronic periprosthetic infection: commentary on an article by Cara A. Cipriano, MD, et al.: "Serum and synovial fluid analysis for diagnosing chronic periprosthetic infection in patients with inflammatory arthritis"

J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2012 Apr 4;94(7):e47. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.L.00054.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Arthritis, Infectious / diagnosis*
  • C-Reactive Protein / metabolism*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnosis*
  • Synovial Fluid / microbiology*

Substances

  • C-Reactive Protein