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SUBMITTER: Qu X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3889774 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Qu Xinhua X Zhai Zanjing Z Wu Chuanlong C Jin Fangchun F Li Haowei H Wang Lei L Liu Guangwang G Liu Xuqiang X Wang Wengang W Li Huiwu H Zhang Xiaoyu X Zhu Zhenan Z Dai Kerong K
Journal of clinical microbiology 20130814 11
This meta-analysis evaluated preoperative aspiration culture for diagnosing prosthetic joint infection (PJI) in total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The pooled sensitivity and specificity were 0.72 (95% confidence interval, 0.65 to 0.78) and 0.95 (0.93 to 0.97), respectively. Subgroup analyses revealed nonsignificant worse diagnostic performance for THA than for TKA (sensitivity, 0.70 versus 0.78; specificity, 0.94 versus 0.96). Preoperative aspiration culture has mode ...[more]