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Usefulness of CRP and ESR in Predicting Septic Joints

201053 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Amy A. Ernst · University of New Mexico

Steven J. Weiss

L. Scheffler Tracy

Abstract

CRP is helpful in determining the presence of a septic joint; ESR is not.

Topics & Keywords

Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Hematological disorders and diagnostics

Publication Details

Published in: Southern Medical Journal

Volume 103, Issue 6, pp. 522-526

DOI: 10.1097/smj.0b013e3181ddd246

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 2.87

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