Against the Norm: Do Not Rely on Serum C-Reactive Protein and White Blood Cell Count Only When Assessing Eradication of Periprosthetic Joint Infection

• Main Authors: Farouk Khury (Author), Moritz Oltmanns (Author), Michael Fuchs (Author), Janina Leiprecht (Author), Heiko Reichel (Author), Martin Faschingbauer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Periprosthetic joint infections (PJI) following primary arthroplasty continue to be a serious complication, despite advances in diagnostics and treatment. Two-stage revision arthroplasty has been commonly used as the gold standard for the treatment of PJI. However, much discussion pers...