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Table 2 Results of several joint fluid analysis

From: An elderly female with adult-onset Still’s disease initially misdiagnosed as prosthetic joint infection after total knee arthroplasty: lessons in differential diagnosis and treatment

Side

1

2

3

4

5

right

right

right

left

right

left

right

Color

pale yellow

bloody

deep yellow

Pellucidity

slightly turbid

turbid

turbid

Total cellular score(× 106/L)

46,006

193,259

41,608

White blood cell count(×106/L)

37,006

17,259

26,808

Mononuclear leucocyte

4.2%

9%

7%

Multinuclear leucocyte

95.8%

91%

93%

Protein (mg/dL)

381

Glucose (mmol/L)

0.94

Chlorine (mmol/L)

89

Culture

negative

Staphylococcus epidermidis

negative

negative

negative

human staphylococci and staphylococcus cohnii

negative

  1. 1:On the day of first admission; 2: During right knee DAIR; 3:After DAIR; 4: During left knee DAIR and placing the antibiotic bone cement spacer in the right knee; 5: During removing right knee bone cement spacer