Serial measurement of the C-reactive protein is a poor predictor of treatment outcome in prosthetic joint infection | Zendy

Philip Bejon | Zendy; Ivor Byren | Zendy; Bridget L. Atkins | Zendy; Matthew Scarborough | Zendy; Andrew Woodhouse | Zendy; P. McLardy-Smith | Zendy; Roger Gundle | Zendy; Anthony R. Berendt | Zendy

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Serial measurement of the C-reactive protein is a poor predictor of treatment outcome in prosthetic joint infection

Author(s) -

Philip Bejon,

Ivor Byren,

Bridget L. Atkins,

Matthew Scarborough,

Andrew Woodhouse,

P. McLardy-Smith,

Roger Gundle,

Anthony R. Berendt

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkr182

Subject(s) - c reactive protein , medicine , outcome (game theory) , surgery , inflammation , mathematics , mathematical economics

Prosthetic joint infection is usually treated using surgery and antibiotics. The response to the treatment regimen is often evaluated using serial monitoring of plasma C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations. In order to examine how useful this monitoring is, we calculated the sensitivity and specificity of CRP concentrations for predicting treatment failure.

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