The alpha-defensin test for periprosthetic joint infection outperforms the leukocyte esterase test strip.

Deirmengian C, Kardos K, Kilmartin P, Cameron A, Schiller K, Booth RE, Parvizi J. The alpha-defensin test for periprosthetic joint infection outperforms the leukocyte esterase test strip. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2015 Jan; 473(1):198-203.

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