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Lactate UV-system: a Rapid Method for Diagnosis of Septic Arthritis

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Journal Ann Rheum Dis
Specialty Rheumatology
Date 1981 Oct 1
PMID 7305472
Citations 4
Authors
A R Behn
J A Mathews
I Phillips
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Abstract

The concentration of lactic acid in synovial fluid was estimated in 43 specimens from patients with an acute monoarthritis by a simple enzyme method. In 9 patients with 10 episodes of septic arthritis concentrations of synovial fluid lactic acid were significantly higher (mean 10.8 mmol/l) than in 33 patients with nonseptic effusions (mean 3.1 mmol/l). With this method concentrations of synovial fluid lactic acid provide a rapid diagnostic guide in the separation of septic from nonseptic arthritis.

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