2010 Academics Point-of-Care Testing 
Taming the SRU
AUGUST 30, 2023
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. Critical Care Medicine 38():p S26-S34, February 2010. | N Engl J Med. 2023 Feb 2;388(5):439-452.
Don't Forget the Bubbles
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
However, results may take some time and, as such, rapid point-of-care tests are increasingly used. 2010 Aug 1;126(2):196–203. A throat culture is the gold standard for confirming a bacterial infection. Beware of false positives from colonisation of the throat with streptococcus. cited 2023 Jan 3]. 2022 Jun;6(2):BJGPO.2021.0171.
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