Are Leukocyte Esterase (LE) strip and Alpha-Defensin kit reliable enough to diagnose peri-prosthetic joint infection, intra-operatively?

• Главные авторы: Usman Nazir Gill (Автор), Adeel Hamid (Автор), Shuja Uddin (Автор), Naveed Ali Shair (Автор), Muhammad Qasim (Автор), Muhammad Hanif Mian (Автор), Irfan Mehboob (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Rheumatica Acta: Open Access - Peertechz Publications, 2022-05-21.
• Предметы: Research Article
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<p>Background: Despite improvement in sterilization techniques, peri-prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is the most fearsome complication after hip and knee arthroplasties. Various strategies have been devised from time to time to diagnose and treat PJI. Recently, Leukocyte esterase and alpha-de...