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Hip Infection Knee Need to Know

Accuracy of Rapid Alpha Defensin Test Confirmed

January 26, 2021January 26, 2021 OrthoBuzz

In June 2019, OrthoBuzz reported on the FDA approval of a rapid, lateral-flow alpha defensin test that helps detect periprosthetic joint infections (PJIs) from synovial

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Hip Infection Knee What's New

What’s New in Musculoskeletal Infection 2019

August 1, 2019August 13, 2019 OrthoBuzz

Every month, JBJS publishes a review of the most pertinent and impactful studies published in the orthopaedic literature during the previous year in 13 subspecialties. Click here for

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Hip Infection Knee

FDA Approves Rapid Alpha-Defensin Test for PJI

June 3, 2019 OrthoBuzz

The US FDA has approved the Synovasure Alpha Defensin Lateral Flow Test Kit for helping detect periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) in the synovial fluid of

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Hip Infection Knee Need to Know

Rapid Alpha Defensin Test Helpful for Diagnosing PJI

January 10, 2018 OrthoBuzz

Quick and accurate: that’s what orthopaedic surgeons want in diagnostic tools to help them determine whether patients presenting with pain after total joint arthroplasty have

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