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Table 3 Microbiological culture results rTHA PJI group. Results are presented as n (%)

From: The diagnostic accuracy of blood C-reactive protein and erythrocyte sedimentation rate in periprosthetic joint infections – A 10-year analysis of 1510 revision hip and knee arthroplasties from a single orthopaedic center

Microorganism

Tissues

(n = 277)

Synovial Fluid

(n = 94)

Sonication

(n = 245)

Staphylococcus spp.

MSSA

MRSA

MSCNS

MRCNS

155 (56%)

76 (49%)

3 (2%)

25 (16%)

51 (33%)

45 (48%)

27 (60%)

1 (2.2%)

4 (9%)

13 (28.8%)

141 (57.5%)

73 (52%)

2 (1.3%)

28 (19.8%)

38 (26.9%)

Streptococcus spp.

S. pyogenes (gr. A)

S. agalactiae (gr. B)

S. gr. C

S. gr. „viridans”

S. gr. G

11 (4%)

1 (9%)

7 (64%)

1 (9%)

1 (9%)

1 (9%)

5 (5.3%)

0

3 (60%)

1 (20%)

1 (20%)

0

8 (3.3%)

1 (12.5%)

5 (62.5%)

0

1 (12.5%)

1 (12.5%)

Enterococcus spp.

E. faecalis

E. faecium

12 (4.3%)

11 (92%)

1 (8%)

3 (3.1%)

3 (100%)

0

11 (4.5%)

11 (100%)

0

Enterobacteraes

E. coli

K. pneumoniae

E. cloacae

Salmonella spp.

P. mirabilis

12 (4.3%)

4 (33.3%)

3 (25%)

4 (33.3%)

1 (8.4%)

0

5 (5.3%)

2 (40%)

0

1 (20%)

2 (40%)

0

10 (4.1%)

3 (30%)

3 (30%)

3 (30%)

0

1 (10%)

Non-fermenting

A. baumanii

P. aeruginosa

2 (0.7%)

1 (50%)

1 (50%)

1 (1.1%)

0

1 (100%)

3 (1.2%)

1 (33.3%)

2 (66.7%)

Anaerobes

C. acnes

Peptostreptococcus gr.

Clostridium spp.

P. melanogenica

10 (3.7%)

4 (40%)

4 (40%)

1 (10%)

1 (10%)

1 (1.1%)

0

0

1 (100%)

0

6 (2.4%)

2 (33.3%)

3 (50%)

1 (16.7%)

0

Corynebacterium spp.

2 (0.7%)

0

1 (0.4%)

2 pathogens

38 (13.7%)

3 (3.1%)

35 (14.4.%)

Negative culture

35 (12.6%)

31 (33%)

30 (12.2%)

  1. Abbreviations: MRSA - methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MSSA - Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus; MRCNS - methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative Staphylococcus; MSCNS - methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative Staphylococcus