What are the Optimal Cutoff Values for ESR and CRP to Diagnose Osteomyelitis in Patients with Diabetes-related Foot Infections?
CONCLUSIONS: While ESR is better for ruling out osteomyelitis initially, CRP helps distinguish osteomyelitis from soft-tissue infection in patients with high ESR values. Further prospective studies addressing the prognostic value of ESR and CRP are needed, and a more comprehensive diagnostic algorithm should be developed to include other diagnostic tests such as probe-to-bone and imaging.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, diagnostic study.
PMID: 31268423 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Lavery LA, Ahn J, Ryan EC, Bhavan K, Oz OK, La Fontaine J, Wukich DK Tags: Clin Orthop Relat Res Source Type: research
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