Rothman at Jefferson research suggests abandon convention in diagnosing periprosthetic joint infection
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - 04:00
in Health & Medicine
In their search for new, better ways to diagnose periprosthetic joint infection, Rothman Institute at Jefferson researchers have discovered that measurement of C-reactive protein in the synovial fluid is extremely accurate, while measuring a patients' serum white blood cell count (WBC) and the percentage of neutrophils (PMN%), the conventional method for diagnosis, has a minimal role in the determination of PJI.