Synovial Periprosthetic Infection Markers Show High Variability in Different Clinical and Microbiological Settings
Joachim Ortmayr, Jennifer Straub, Klemens Vertesich, Irene Katharina Sigmund, Christoph Böhler, Reinhard Windhager, Kevin Staats · 2025
Read Synovial Periprosthetic Infection Markers Show High Variability in Different Clinical and Microbiological Settings by Joachim Ortmayr, Jennifer Straub, Klemens Vertesich, Irene Katharina Sigmund, Christoph Böhler, Reinhard Windhager, Kevin Staats (2025) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/pmc-12786663.txt.
Description
Ortmayr and six colleagues examine joint fluid markers for infection around artificial joints in twenty twenty-five. Such infections can be hard to diagnose, mainly in low grade cases. Two common markers are the white blood cell count and the share of a cell type called PMN. The team asked how these markers vary across clinical settings.
They reviewed one hundred fifteen patients with a confirmed joint infection. Cell counts were higher when a pathogen was found than when none was detected. Counts were also higher for aggressive pathogens and for symptoms of four weeks or less. Cases with negative tissue results showed lower counts on both markers. The authors warn that both markers vary a lot and must be read in context.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Joachim Ortmayr, Jennifer Straub, Klemens Vertesich, Irene Katharina Sigmund, Christoph Böhler, Reinhard Windhager, Kevin Staats |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 19 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |