Value of serum procalcitonin for the diagnosis of bacterial septic arthritis in daily practice in rheumatology

[1] Margaretten ME(2007)Does this adult patient have septic arthritis? JAMA 297 1478-1488

[2] Kohlwes J(2001)Procalcitonin as an acute phase marker Ann Clin Biochem 38 483-493

[3] Moore D(2000)Physiology and genetics of procalcitonin Physiol Res 49 S57-S61

[4] Bent S(2015)Is serum procalcitonin measurement a useful addition to a rheumatologist’s repertoire? A review of its diagnostic role in systemic inflammatory diseases and joint infections Rheumatol Oxf Engl 54 231-240

[5] Whicher J(2003)In vitro and in vivo calcitonin I gene expression in parenchymal cells: a novel product of human adipose tissue Endocrinology 144 5578-5584

[6] Bienvenu J(2001)The plasma elimination rate and urinary secretion of procalcitonin in patients with normal and impaired renal function Eur J Anaesthesiol 18 79-87

[7] Monneret G(2017)Serum procalcitonin levels as a diagnostic marker for septic arthritis: a meta-analysis Am J Emerg Med 35 1166-1171

[8] Maruna P(1977)Preliminary criteria for the classification of the acute arthritis of primary gout Arthritis Rheum 20 895-900

[9] Nedelníková K(2011)European League Against Rheumatism recommendations for calcium pyrophosphate deposition. Part I: terminology and diagnosis Ann Rheum Dis 70 563-570

[10] Gürlich R(2009)The development of Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society classification criteria for axial spondyloarthritis (part I): classification of paper patients by expert opinion including uncertainty appraisal Ann Rheum Dis 68 770-776

[1] Margaretten ME(2007)Does this adult patient have septic arthritis? JAMA 297 1478-1488

[2] Kohlwes J(2001)Procalcitonin as an acute phase marker Ann Clin Biochem 38 483-493

[3] Moore D(2000)Physiology and genetics of procalcitonin Physiol Res 49 S57-S61

[4] Bent S(2015)Is serum procalcitonin measurement a useful addition to a rheumatologist’s repertoire? A review of its diagnostic role in systemic inflammatory diseases and joint infections Rheumatol Oxf Engl 54 231-240

[5] Whicher J(2003)In vitro and in vivo calcitonin I gene expression in parenchymal cells: a novel product of human adipose tissue Endocrinology 144 5578-5584

[6] Bienvenu J(2001)The plasma elimination rate and urinary secretion of procalcitonin in patients with normal and impaired renal function Eur J Anaesthesiol 18 79-87

[7] Monneret G(2017)Serum procalcitonin levels as a diagnostic marker for septic arthritis: a meta-analysis Am J Emerg Med 35 1166-1171

[8] Maruna P(1977)Preliminary criteria for the classification of the acute arthritis of primary gout Arthritis Rheum 20 895-900

[9] Nedelníková K(2011)European League Against Rheumatism recommendations for calcium pyrophosphate deposition. Part I: terminology and diagnosis Ann Rheum Dis 70 563-570

[10] Gürlich R(2009)The development of Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society classification criteria for axial spondyloarthritis (part I): classification of paper patients by expert opinion including uncertainty appraisal Ann Rheum Dis 68 770-776