The Suspected Infected Prosthetic Joint: Clinical Acumen and Added Value of Laboratory Investigations.

Consensus definitions have emerged for the discrimination between infected and uninfected prosthetic joints but diagnostic uncertainty often occurs. We examined the accuracy of orthopaedic surgeons' assessments to diagnose the infected prosthetic hip or knee and elucidated the added value of la...

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Published in:	PLoS ONE
Main Authors:	Cathy A Petti, Gregory J Stoddard, Merle A Sande, Matthew H Samore, Keith E Simmon, Aaron Hofmann
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Online Access:	http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4504711?pdf=render