Interleukin-6 in Serum and in Synovial Fluid Enhances the Differentiation between Periprosthetic Joint Infection and Aseptic Loosening

• Thomas M. Randau ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Thomas M. Randau, Max J. Friedrich

  Affiliation University Clinic of Bonn, Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Bonn, Germany

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• Max J. Friedrich ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Thomas M. Randau, Max J. Friedrich

  Affiliation University Clinic of Bonn, Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Bonn, Germany

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• Matthias D. Wimmer,

  Affiliation University Clinic of Bonn, Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Bonn, Germany

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• Ben Reichert,

  Affiliation University Clinic of Bonn, Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Bonn, Germany

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• Dominik Kuberra,

  Affiliation University Clinic of Bonn, Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Bonn, Germany

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• Birgit Stoffel-Wagner,

  Affiliation University Clinic of Bonn, Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, Bonn, Germany

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• Andreas Limmer,

  Affiliation University Clinic of Bonn, Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Bonn, Germany

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• Dieter C. Wirtz,

  Affiliation University Clinic of Bonn, Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Bonn, Germany

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• Sascha Gravius

  * E-mail: sascha.gravius@ukb.uni-bonn.de

  Affiliation University Clinic of Bonn, Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Bonn, Germany

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