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Our primary outcome was septic arthritis defined by a positive synovial fluid culture. We evaluated the ability of synovial fluid biomarkers to identify children with septic arthritis using area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) analyses. We measured the sensitivity and specificity of commonly used synovial fluid biomarkers.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>We included 796 children, of whom 79 (10%) had septic arthritis. Compared with synovial white blood cell count (AUC, 0.72; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.65\u20130.78), absolute neutrophil count (AUC, 0.72; 95% CI, 0.66\u20130.79; <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic> = 0.09), percent neutrophils (AUC, 0.66; 95% CI, 0.60\u20130.71; <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic> = 0.12), and glucose (AUC, 0.78; 95% CI, 0.67\u20130.90; <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic> = 0.33) performed similarly, whereas protein (AUC, 0.52; 95% CI, 0.40\u20130.63, <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic> = 0.04) had lower diagnostic accuracy. Synovial fluid white blood cell count \u226550,000 cells\/\u03bcL had a sensitivity of 62.0% (95% CI, 50.4%\u201372.7%) and a specificity of 67.0% (95% CI, 63.4%\u201370.4%), whereas a positive synovial fluid Gram stain had a sensitivity of 48.1% (95% CI, 36.5%\u201359.7%) and specificity of 99.1% (95% CI, 98.1%\u201399.7%) for septic arthritis.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>None of the routinely available synovial fluid biomarkers had sufficient accuracy to be used in isolation in the identification of children with septic arthritis. New approaches including multivariate clinical prediction rules and novel biomarkers are needed.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1097\/pec.0000000000003188","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,2]],"date-time":"2024-04-02T15:15:01Z","timestamp":1712070901000},"page":"e82-e88","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Utility of Synovial Fluid Biomarkers for Culture-Positive Septic Arthritis in a Lyme Disease-Endemic Region"],"prefix":"10.1097","volume":"40","author":[{"given":"Andzelika","family":"Dechnik","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Caroline G.","family":"Kahane","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lise E.","family":"Nigrovic","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Todd W.","family":"Lyons","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"bib1-20250504","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"112","DOI":"10.3928\/0090-4481-20060201-11","article-title":"Pediatric orthopedic infections: early detection and treatment","volume":"35","year":"2006","journal-title":"Pediatr Ann"},{"key":"bib2-20250504","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"387","DOI":"10.1302\/1863-2548.11.170058","article-title":"Toxic shock in children with bone and joint infections: a review of seven years of patients admitted to one intensive care unit","volume":"11","year":"2017","journal-title":"J Child Orthop"},{"key":"bib3-20250504","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1013","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJM199309303291407","article-title":"Acute monoarthritis","volume":"329","year":"1993","journal-title":"N Engl J Med"},{"key":"bib4-20250504","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"884","DOI":"10.1002\/art.1780400516","article-title":"The outcome of bacterial arthritis. 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