McNally Martin, Wouthuyzen-Bakker Marjan, Sousa Ricardo, Atkins Bridget, Soriano Alex
The Bone Infection Unit, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford, UK.
Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2021 Mar 8;22(1):255. doi: 10.1186/s12891-021-04117-8.
Assessment of a new diagnostic test must be performed against an acceptable and validated standard to allow comparison with other studies. We are concerned that the adoption of lower diagnostic criteria in this paper has contributed to an over-diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection and makes interpretation of the results difficult.
新诊断测试的评估必须对照可接受且经过验证的标准进行,以便与其他研究进行比较。我们担心本文采用较低的诊断标准导致了人工关节感染的过度诊断,并使结果的解读变得困难。