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SUBMITTER: Pyo JY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5627811 | biostudies-other | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Pyo Jung Yoon JY Kim Dae Sik DS Jung Seung Min SM Song Jason Jungsik JJ Park Yong-Beom YB Lee Sang-Won SW
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The most important differential diagnoses of acute monoarticular arthritis are septic arthritis and acute gout attack. Identifying infection is crucial in preventing the devastating outcome of septic arthritis. The delta neutrophil index (DNI) is a value that corresponds to the fraction of circulating immature granulocytes. As DNI reflects the burden of infection, we evaluated this index as a differentiating marker between septic arthritis and acute gout attack.The medical records of 149 patient ...[more]