Acute Arthritis Clinical Trial
Official title:
Caractérisation de Nouveaux Biomarqueurs de l'Arthrite Septique Par Technique SELDI-TOF
Septic arthritis is a frequent, potentially disabling and/or life-threatening disease. To
diagnose a septic arthritis is a complex procedure, first because of numerous differential
diagnoses (such as crystal arthritis), second because of poor sensitivity of initial gram
staining (for example after untimely antibiotic therapy).
This protocol will use SELDI-TOF as a tool to analyse joint fluid of patients with various
acute, polymorphonuclear-rich arthritis, as to determine specific and sensitive new
biomarkers of a septic origin.
Such biomarkers will allow rapid diagnosis of septic arthritis in the first hours of
admission.
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Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective