The role of synovial fluid aspiration in shoulder joint infections

Streck, Laura Elisa; Forster, Johannes; von Hertzberg-Boelch, Sebastian Philipp; Reichel, Thomas; Rudert, Maximilian; Rueckl, Kilian

doi:10.1186/s12891-022-05285-x

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Table 2 WBC and results of microbiological cultures in patients with shoulder joint infections

From: The role of synovial fluid aspiration in shoulder joint infections

Synovial WBC and microbiological culture results
Patient	Initial surgery	WBC from PA [cells/mm³]	Culture from PA	Culture from spacer implantation	Culture from IA	Culture from spacer exchange/TSA implantation
1	osteosynthesis		insufficient	CoNS	negative
2	no surgery		insufficient	S. epidermidis	negative	negative
3	no surgery		negative		negative	negative
4	TSA	400	negative	Cutibacteria	negative	negative
5	TSA		insufficient	S. epidermidis	negative	negative
6	TSA		E. faecalis		insufficient	negative
7	osteosynthesis		Corynebacteria spp.		negative	negative
8	TSA		anaerobic bacteria	F. magna	Paracoccus spp.	negative
9	osteosynthesis		insufficient	S. epidermidis	negative	negative
10	TSA		negative	S. aureus	negative	negative
11	TSA		insufficient	negative	negative
12	rotator cuff		negative	negative	negative	negative
13	TSA		insufficient	Cutibacteria	negative	negative
14	osteosynthesis		insufficient	S. epidermidis + C. acnes	negative	negative
15	TSA	400	E. coli	negative	negative	negative
16	TSA	23,400	negative	S. epidermidis	negative	negative
17	TSA		negative	negative	negative	C. acnes
18	TSA		negative	C. acnes	Paenibacillus spp.	negative
19	TSA		insufficient	C. acnes	negative	S. warneri
20	TSA	56,200	Corynebacteria spp.	C. avidum	S. epidermidis	negative
21	TSA		insufficient	gramnegative strains	negative	negative
22	TSA	76,800	C. acnes	C. acnes	negative	negative
23	TSA	36,600	S. aureus	S. aureus	negative	negative
24	TSA	96,300	S. viridans	S. viridans	negative	negative
25	no surgery		negative	negative	negative	negative
26	TSA		negative	S. xylosus	negative	negative
27	no surgery		insufficient	negative	negative	negative
28	no surgery	1200	negative	negative	negative	negative
29	TSA	700	negative	negative	insufficient	S. epidermidis
30	no surgery	2600	negative	negative	negative	negative
31	no surgery	400	negative	negative		negative
32	osteosynthesis		insufficient	S. epidermidis	negative	negative
33	TSA	45,000	C. avidum	C. avidum	negative	negative
34	rotator cuff		C. acnes	C. acnes		negative
35	TSA		negative	negative	insufficient	S. epidermidis

Back to article page

ISSN: 1471-2474

Contact us

Submission enquiries: bmcmusculoskeletaldisorders@biomedcentral.com
General enquiries: ORSupport@springernature.com