ReviewJournal of bone and joint infection2019
Factors to Consider When Assessing the Diagnostic Accuracy of Synovial Leukocyte Count in Periprosthetic Joint Infection.
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- Synovial fluid viscosity with synovial fluid cell count, valuable diagnostic marker of prosthetic joint infections.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Current Concepts in Shoulder Periprosthetic Joint Infections-Are Shoulders the Same as Hips and Knees?Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Identification of preoperative predictive markers of periprosthetic joint infection in presumed aseptic revisions of total hip arthroplasty: a retrospective observational study.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2024Observational
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- Leukocyte Esterase Strip Quantitative Detection Based on RGB Photometry is a Probable Method to Diagnose Periprosthetic Joint Infection: An Exploratory Study.Orthopaedic surgery · 2023Article
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- Simple and inexpensive synovial fluid biomarkers for the diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection according to the new EBJIS definition.Journal of bone and joint infection · 2023Article
- The significance of synovial biopsy in the diagnostic workup of the low-grade periprosthetic joint infection of shoulder arthroplasty.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2022Article
- Diagnosing Periprosthetic Joint Infection: a Scoping Review.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2022Article
- Serum calprotectin: a potential biomarker to diagnose chronic prosthetic joint infection after total hip or knee arthroplasty.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
Synovial white blood cell (WBC) count and the percentage of polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMN%) is one of the diagnostic criteria to diagnose a periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). Although the test is widely available, the diagnostic accuracy of proposed cut-off levels are influenced by several factors, such as: the affected joint, co-morbid conditions, the causative microorganism and the gathering and processing of samples in the laboratory. In this narrative review we provide an overview on how and to what extent these factors can affect the synovial WBC count and PMN% in synovial fluid.
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