Synovial fluid lymphocyte proliferation in response to crude microbial antigens is not useful as a diagnostic test to specifically indicate a bacterial cause of arthritis.
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Abstract
To determine the role of lymphocyte proliferation assay of synovial fluid mononuclear
cells (SFMC) with whole fraction bacteria in the diagnosis of reactive arthritis (ReA)
or arthritis of unknown origin.