Interleukin-6 versus Common Inflammatory Biomarkers for Diagnosing Fracture-Related Infection: Utility and Potential Influencing Factors

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Plots of the inflammatory biomarkers in FRI patients categorized by possible influencing factors. (a) Gender: female vs. male. (b) Onset of age: > 40 vs. ≤ 40 years. (c) Infection site number: single vs. multiple. (d) Tissue culture outcome: negative vs. positive. (e) Pathogen number: monomicrobial vs. polymicrobial.

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