TY  - JOUR
T1  - Diagnosis of Periprosthetic Infection
AU  - Pignatti, Giovanni
Y1  - 2010/02/01
N1  - 
JO  - The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
SP  - 524
EP  - 524
VL  - 92
IS  - 2
N2  - 
I read the paper by Bauer et al. entitled "Current Concepts Review. Diagnosis of Periprosthetic Infection" (2006;88:869-82). On page 873, it is reported that "…Spangehl et al.1 prospectively evaluated several different diagnostic tests that had been performed in a series of 202 revision hip arthroplasties. If inflammatory arthropathies were excluded, the erythrocyte sedimentation rate was found to have a sensitivity of 82% and a specificity of 85%. The predictive value of a negative test was only 58%, while the predictive value of a positive result was 95%. The C-reactive protein level was found to be a better indicator of infection than the erythrocyte sedimentation rate, with the C-reactive protein level having a sensitivity of 86%, a specificity of 92%, and predictive values for negative and positive tests of 74% and 99%, respectively."

SN  - 0021-9355
M3  - doi: 
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ER  -