Diagnosing Acute Periprosthetic Infection: An Important Advance: Commentary on an article by Kamolsak Sukhonthamarn, MD, et al.: "Determining Diagnostic Thresholds for Acute Postoperative Periprosthetic Joint Infection"

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Nicholas J Giori. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2020.

. 2020 Dec 2;102(23):e132.

doi: 10.2106/JBJS.20.01644.

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Determining Diagnostic Thresholds for Acute Postoperative Periprosthetic Joint Infection.
Sukhonthamarn K, Tan TL, Xu C, Kuo FC, Lee MS, Citak M, Gehrke T, Goswami K, Parvizi J. Sukhonthamarn K, et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2020 Dec 2;102(23):2043-2048. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.20.00257. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2020. PMID: 32941311

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