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

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[25] Schmidt J(2016)Serum procalcitonin as a useful serologic marker for differential diagnosis between acute gouty attack and bacterial infection Yonsei Med J 57 218-232

[26] Hueller M(2010)Mechanisms of uric acid crystal-mediated autoinflammation Immunol Rev 233 1090-1096

[27] Reinhart K(2005)Mechanisms of inflammation in gout Rheumatol Oxf Engl 44 1512-1525

[28] Zhao J(2004)Clinical review 167: procalcitonin and the calcitonin gene family of peptides in inflammation, infection, and sepsis: a journey from calcitonin back to its precursors J Clin Endocrinol Metab 89 1040-1046

[29] Zhang S(2000)Induction of systemic serum procalcitonin and cardiocirculatory reactions after isolated limb perfusion with recombinant human tumor necrosis factor-alpha and melphalan Crit Care Med 28 319-324

[30] Zhang L(2013)Septic versus inflammatory arthritis: discriminating the ability of serum inflammatory markers Rheumatol Int 33 238-239

[21] Müller B(2015)High level serum procalcitonin associated gouty arthritis susceptibility: from a southern Chinese Han population PLoS One 10 1471-1476

[22] Meisner M(2009)Diagnostic value of procalcitonin in acutely hospitalized elderly patients Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis Off Publ Eur Soc Clin Microbiol 28 393-396

[23] Lohs T(2004)Bacteremic elder emergency department patients: procalcitonin and white count Acad Emerg Med Off J Soc Acad Emerg Med 11 2556-2559

[24] Huettemann E(2015)Value of procalcitonin measurement in the diagnosis of bacterial infections in patients with fever and flare of chronic gouty arthritis Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 95 1139-1144

[25] Schmidt J(2016)Serum procalcitonin as a useful serologic marker for differential diagnosis between acute gouty attack and bacterial infection Yonsei Med J 57 218-232

[26] Hueller M(2010)Mechanisms of uric acid crystal-mediated autoinflammation Immunol Rev 233 1090-1096

[27] Reinhart K(2005)Mechanisms of inflammation in gout Rheumatol Oxf Engl 44 1512-1525

[28] Zhao J(2004)Clinical review 167: procalcitonin and the calcitonin gene family of peptides in inflammation, infection, and sepsis: a journey from calcitonin back to its precursors J Clin Endocrinol Metab 89 1040-1046

[29] Zhang S(2000)Induction of systemic serum procalcitonin and cardiocirculatory reactions after isolated limb perfusion with recombinant human tumor necrosis factor-alpha and melphalan Crit Care Med 28 319-324

[30] Zhang L(2013)Septic versus inflammatory arthritis: discriminating the ability of serum inflammatory markers Rheumatol Int 33 238-239