Serum calprotectin: a potential biomarker to diagnose chronic prosthetic joint infection after total hip or knee arthroplasty

Abstract The preoperative detection of prosthetic joint infection (PJI) prior to revision of total hip or knee arthroplasty is still a challenge. Serum Calprotectin (CP) is a heterodimer of two calcium-binding proteins present in the cytoplasm of neutrophils that is released in inflammatory processe...

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Main Authors: Thomas Ackmann, Jan Schwarze, Georg Gosheger, Tom Schmidt-Braekling, Jan Puetzler, Burkhard Moellenbeck, Christoph Theil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-09724-6