Can C-Reactive Protein Be Used to Predict Acute Septic Arthritis in the Adult Population?
CONCLUSIONS: We demonstrated CRP to be a reliable independent marker to help differentiate among SA, crystal arthropathy, and normal/arthritic joints in an adult population. No patients with CRP <90 mg/L had SA.
PMID: 30708377 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Southern Medical Journal - Category: General Medicine Tags: South Med J Source Type: research
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