Leukocyte esterase strip test as a reliable intraoperative PJIs biomarker. Our experience.

CONCLUSIONS: The results of our serie show a good intraoperative diagnostic accuracy of the LE test, especially in its ability to exclude the hypothesis of periprosthetic infection in case of a negative result.
PMID: 31821283 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Acta Bio-Medica : Atenei Parmensis - December 4, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Di Benedetto P, Dalla Vecchia G, Dante F, Gisonni R, Cainero V, Causero A Tags: Acta Biomed Source Type: research