| Literature DB >> 24478497 |
Emanuela Galliera1, Lorenzo Drago, Christian Vassena, Carlo Romanò, Monica Gioia Marazzi, Lucia Salcito, Massimiliano M Corsi Romanelli.
Abstract
Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a severe complication of arthroplasty and is still lacking diagnostic gold standards. PJI patients display high Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) serum levels, correlating with canonical inflammatory markers (C-reactive protein [CRP], interleukin 6 [IL-6], tumor necrosis factor alpha [TNF-α], and IL-1). Therefore, TLR2 serum levels could be considered a new potential diagnostic tool in the early detection of PJI.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24478497 PMCID: PMC3911304 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02727-13
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948