The role of biomarkers for the diagnosis of implant-related infections in orthopaedics and trauma

Diagnosis of implant-related (periprosthetic joint) infections poses a major challenge to infection disease physicians and orthopaedic surgeons. Conventional diagnostic tests continue to suffer from issues of accuracy and feasibility. Biomarkers are used throughout medicine for diagnostic and progno...

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Autores principales: Alvand, A, Rezapoor, M, Parvizi, J
Formato: Book section
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer, Cham 2017