Serial measurement of the C-reactive protein is a poor predictor of treatment outcome in prosthetic joint infection.
OBJECTIVES: Prosthetic joint infection is usually treated using surgery and antibiotics. The response to the treatment regimen is often evaluated using serial monitoring of plasma C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations. In order to examine how useful this monitoring is, we calculated the sensitivi...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2011
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