Evaluation of the usefulness of the Synovasure alpha-defensin lateral flow test kit for the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection in Japanese patients

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• ¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8574, Japan. Electronic address: yu-mori@med.tohoku.ac.jp.
• ² Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8574, Japan. Electronic address: ryuichi.k429@me.com.
• ³ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8574, Japan. Electronic address: kazuyoshi.baba.e3@tohoku.ac.jp.
• ⁴ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8574, Japan. Electronic address: d-chiba@med.tohoku.ac.jp.
• ⁵ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8574, Japan. Electronic address: m-kamimura@med.tohoku.ac.jp.
• ⁶ Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8574, Japan. Electronic address: naokomori7127@gmail.com.
• ⁷ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8574, Japan. Electronic address: toshi-7@med.tohoku.ac.jp.