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The importance of appropriate diagnostics in prosthetic joint infection: letter to the editor of BMC musculoskeletal disorders.

Martin A McNallyMarjan Wouthuyzen-BakkerRicardo SousaBridget AtkinsAlex Soriano
Published in: BMC musculoskeletal disorders (2021)
Assessment of a new diagnostic test must be performed against an acceptable and validated standard to allow comparison with other studies. We are concerned that the adoption of lower diagnostic criteria in this paper has contributed to an over-diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection and makes interpretation of the results difficult.
Keyphrases
  • electronic health record
  • clinical evaluation