title: CORR Insights®: The alpha-defensin test for periprosthetic joint infection outperforms the leukocyte esterase test strip.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Midland Regional Hospital at Tullamore, Arden Road, County Offaly, Ireland, eoinsheehan@netscape.net.
authors.forename: Eoin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sheehan
mesh_terms: D019643:Arthroplasty, Replacement / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases / Q000032:analysis*; D003124:Colorimetry; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007118:Immunoassay; D007595:Joint Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011934:Reagent Strips; D013582:Synovial Fluid / Q000201:enzymology*; D023084:alpha-Defensins / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D011934:Reagent Strips; D023084:alpha-Defensins; C021443:leukocyte esterase; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases