ISBN 9783843926263

978-3-8439-2626-3, Reihe Medizin

Markus Lenski
Interleukin-6 in the synovial fluid as inflammatory parameter for diagnosing septic arthritis

77 Seiten, Dissertation Technische Universität München (2016), Softcover, A4

Zusammenfassung / Abstract

This was a retrospective study of serum and synovial fluid parameters in septic and aseptic arthritis. Synovial lactate had the highest diagnostic potential for diagnosing culture-verified septic arthritis. The synovial fluid white blood cell count was the inflammatory parameter with the highest diagnostic potential for differing between culture-negative septic arthritis and aseptic arthritis. Therefore synovial lactate should be introduced in daily clinical practice in suspicious joints.