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Interleukin-1β Polymorphisms Are Genetic Markers of Susceptibility to Periprosthetic Joint Infection in Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty.
Genes - 8 May 2024
Granata Valentina, Strina Dario, Possetti Valentina, Leone Roberto, Valentino Sonia, Chiappetta Katia, Loppini Mattia, Mantovani Alberto, Bottazzi Barbara, Asselta Rosanna, Sobacchi Cristina, Inforzato Antonio
Abstract excerpt
Periprosthetic joint infections (PJIs) are serious complications of prosthetic surgery. The criteria for the diagnosis of PJI integrate clinical and laboratory findings in a complex and sometimes inconclusive workflow. Host immune factors hold potential as diagnostic biomarkers in bone and joint infections. We reported that the humoral pattern-recognition molecule long pentraxin 3 (PTX3) predicts PJI in total hip...
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