TY - JOUR AU - Bellova, Petri AU - Knop-Hammad, Veronika AU - Königshausen, Matthias AU - Mempel, Eileen AU - Frieler, Sven AU - Gessmann, Jan AU - Schildhauer, Thomas A. AU - Baecker, Hinnerk PY - 2019 DA - 2019/12/26 TI - Sonication of retrieved implants improves sensitivity in the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection JO - BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders SP - 623 VL - 20 IS - 1 AB - Sonication is a valuable tool in the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infections (PJI). However, conditions and definition criteria for PJI vary among studies. The aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic performance (i.e., specificity, sensitivity) of sonicate fluid culture (SFC) against periprosthetic tissue culture (PTC), when using European Bone and Joint Infection Society (EBJIS) criteria. SN - 1471-2474 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-019-3006-1 DO - 10.1186/s12891-019-3006-1 ID - Bellova2019 ER -