Sep 2026
Reassessing the Kocher Criteria: A Prospective Evaluation of Diagnostic Performance in Pediatric Musculoskeletal Infection.
BACKGROUND The Kocher criteria are widely used to differentiate septic arthritis (SA) from transient synovitis (TS) in children. However, diagnostic performance has since been proven to be inconsistent. Furthermore, the criteria were originally developed to distinguish SA from TS and have not been validated for differe...
Gabrielle Rogie, Edward M. Barksdale, Hilton C. Braithwaite et al.
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