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Current Review; Biomarkers in Diagnosing Periprosthetic Joint Infection

Volume 1 - Issue 5

George N. Guild III MD, *Alisina Shahi MD and Thomas L. Bradbury MD

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    • Orthopaedic department at Emory University School of Medicine, USA

    *Corresponding author: Alisina Shahi MD, Clinical Research Department, Rothman Institute at Thomas Jefferson University, Sheridan Building, Suite 1000, 125 South 9th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA

Received: October 14, 2017;   Published: October 20, 2017

DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2017.01.000453

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Abstract

Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is one of the most dreaded complications after total joint arthroplasty [1]. There is no gold standard for diagnosing PJI, hence, a clinician who encounters a suspected PJI case, ought to use a combination of tests. All of which, besides their expense can be invasive and even this can’t provide 100% accuracy [2]. Several biomarkers have been introduced that are potentially reliable tools for diagnosing PJI [3]. In this article, we aimed to review the current diagnostic measures of PJI with a special focus on molecular biomarkers.

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