Pilot study of a novel serum mRNA gene panel for diagnosis of acute septic arthritis

Figure 2 Scatter plot with Sepsis MetaScore on the Y-axis grouped by aseptic (black dots) and septic joints (red dots). Note the open circle in the aseptic group is the patient who had a concurrent systemic bacterial infection with a negative joint aspiration. The two open circles in the septic group, were given antibiotics at least 12 h prior to Sepsis MetaScore blood draw.