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Martin McNally1, Marjan Wouthuyzen-Bakker2, Ricardo Sousa3, Bridget Atkins4, Alex Soriano5.
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.Entities:
Keywords: Diagnosis; Histology; Prosthetic joint infection; Synovial fluid culture
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Year: 2021 PMID: 33685403 PMCID: PMC7941875 DOI: 10.1186/s12891-021-04117-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: BMC Musculoskelet Disord ISSN: 1471-2474 Impact factor: 2.362