Serum Interleukin-6 as a Marker of Periprosthetic Infection Following Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty

Abstract

An elevated serum interleukin-6 level correlated positively with the presence of periprosthetic infection in patients undergoing a reoperation at the site of a total hip or knee arthroplasty. The serum interleukin-6 level is valuable for the diagnosis of periprosthetic infection in patients who have had a total hip or total knee arthroplasty.