Effect of Antibiotic Administration Before Joint Aspiration on Synovial Fluid White Blood Cell Count in Native Joint Septic Arthritis.

A subanalysis of only patients with positive culture results (n = 52) demonstrated a nonsignificant trend toward lower WBC count and percentage of PMNs among patients who received antibiotics before aspiration ( P = .28) ( Table 3 ).

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