Prospective Clinical Trial for Septic Arthritis: Cartilage Degradation and Inflammation Are Associated with Upregulation of Cartilage Metabolites

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An increasing Kellgren Lawrence Score (KLS), defining progress of osteoarthritis, was associated with enhanced collagen type 2 cleavage levels (C2C), defining cartilage degradation, in septic knee arthritis (). The group KLS 3 includes one case with a KLS = 4. Reported are the C2C levels relative to the total protein content.