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Fibrinogen – A Practical and Cost Efficient Biomarker for Detecting Periprosthetic Joint Infection
5 Jun 2018
Abstract excerpt
The early and accurate diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) can be challenging. Fibrinogen plays an important role in mediating inflammation of bacterial infections and therefore could be a valuable biomarker for PJI. The purpose of this study was to investigate the sensitivity and specificity of serum levels of fibrinogen in detecting PJI, and to compare the results with the established PJI...
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