Journal article
Histopathology in Periprosthetic Joint Infection: When Will the Morphomolecular Diagnosis Be a Reality?
- Abstract:
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The presence of a polymorphonuclear neutrophil infiltrate in periprosthetic tissues has been shown to correlate closely with the diagnosis of septic implant failure. The histological criterion considered by the Musculoskeletal Infection Society to be diagnostic of periprosthetic joint infection is "greater than five neutrophils per high-power field in five high-power fields observed from histologic analysis of periprosthetic tissue at ×400 magnification." Surgeons and pathologists should be a...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Hindawi Publishing Corporation Publisher's website
- Journal:
- BioMed Research International Journal website
- Volume:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 1412701
- Publication date:
- 2018-05-13
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-04-07
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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2314-6141
- ISSN:
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2314-6133
- Pmid:
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29862251
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:853616
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uuid:cb3c8fdb-78a7-4a89-b603-96e3f58dceef
- Local pid:
- pubs:853616
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853616
- Deposit date:
- 2018-06-12
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- Copyright holder:
- Bori et al
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Notes:
- © 2018 G. Bori et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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