TY - JOUR AU - Chen, Yisheng AU - Kang, Xueran AU - Tao, Jie AU - Zhang, Yunpeng AU - Ying, Chenting AU - Lin, Weiwei PY - 2019 DA - 2019/12/19 TI - Reliability of synovial fluid alpha-defensin and leukocyte esterase in diagnosing periprosthetic joint infection (PJI): a systematic review and meta-analysis JO - Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research SP - 453 VL - 14 IS - 1 AB - Synovial fluid proteins had been applied as diagnostic biomarkers for periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) in recent research papers. Thus, this meta-analysis aimed to estimate the diagnostic efficiency of synovial fluid α-defensin and leukocyte esterase (LE) for PJI. SN - 1749-799X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13018-019-1395-3 DO - 10.1186/s13018-019-1395-3 ID - Chen2019 ER -