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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients in included studies

From: Culture of periprosthetic tissue in blood culture bottles for diagnosing periprosthetic joint infection

Study

Year

Country

No. of patients

Study design

Prosthetic joint type

Received antibiotics (n, %)

Incubation time

Diagnostic standard

Yan Q [13]

2018

USA

229

Prospective study

Hip/knee/shoulder/elbow

Yes (38, 17%)

Aerobic and anaerobic for 14 days

IDSA

Minassian AM [14]

2014

UK

332

Prospective study

Hip/ankle/shoulder

Yes (NA)

Aerobic and anaerobic for 14 days

P, H, M

Hughes HC [19]

2011

UK

141

Prospective study

Hip/knee

NA

Aerobic and anaerobic for 5 days

H

Peel TN [1]

2016

USA

369

Prospective study

Hip/knee/shoulder/elbow

Yes (60, 16%)

Aerobic and anaerobic for 14 days

IDSA

  1. Abbreviation: H histological examination, IDSA Infectious Disease Society of America, M microbiological or laboratory examination, NA not available, P presence sinus tract or purulence around the prosthesis