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ArticleBMC musculoskeletal disorders2021

The importance of appropriate diagnostics in prosthetic joint infection: letter to the editor of BMC musculoskeletal disorders.

Martin McNally, Marjan Wouthuyzen-Bakker, Ricardo Sousa, Bridget Atkins, Alex Soriano

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Article in BMC musculoskeletal disorders, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Martin McNallyThe Bone Infection Unit, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford, UK. martin.mcnally@ouh.nhs.uk.ORCID 0000-0003-2003-9044
Marjan Wouthuyzen-BakkerDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
Ricardo SousaPorto Bone Infection Group (GRIP), Orthopaedic Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Bridget AtkinsThe Bone Infection Unit, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford, UK.
Alex SorianoHead of Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre · GBCentro Hospitalar do Porto · PTHospital Clínic de Barcelona · ESUniversity Medical Center Groningen · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Assessment of a new diagnostic test must be performed against an acceptable and validated standard to allow comparison with other studies. We are concerned that the adoption of lower diagnostic criteria in this paper has contributed to an over-diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection and makes interpretation of the results difficult.

Indexed as

Arthritis, InfectiousProsthesis-Related InfectionsBiomarkersHumansProstheses and ImplantsSensitivity and SpecificitySynovial FluidBiomarkersDiagnosisHistologyProsthetic joint infectionSynovial fluid culture

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PMID33685403
PMCPMC7941875
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