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Table 3 Culture results and frozen section among patients with and without inflammatory diseases at reimplantation

From: Two-stage exchange Arthroplasty is a viable treatment for Periprosthetic joint infection in inflammatory diseases

 

Non-inflammatory diseases(n = 159)

Inflammatory diseases(n = 25)

P-value

Microbiology results, n (%)

 Staphylococcus aureus

3 (1.89)

0 (0.00)

1.000

 Gram negative bacillus

7 (4.40)

1 (4.17)

1.000

 CNS

1 (1.26)

1 (4.17)

0.143

 Fungus

2 (1.26)

0 (0.00)

1.000

 Other organisms

5 (3.14)

0 (0.00)

1.000

Positive Pathology*, n (%)

30 (18.95)

3 (10.52)

0.570

Sinus tract, n (%)

6 (3.77)

0 (0.00)

1.000