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Diagnostics: Inflammatory Markers

Taming the SRU

A 2011 meta-analysis in the journal of Academic Emergency Medicine found ESR, CRP, and PCT were not acutely useful in the diagnosis of septic arthritis due to wildly varying sensitivities and specificities between studies. 2005 Nov;6(11):1045-56. 2005 Feb 15;53(1):33-8. PMID: 28778870; PMCID: PMC6071487. J Zhejiang Univ Sci B.