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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 103-B, Issue SUPP_4 | Pages 78 - 78
1 Mar 2021
Heesterbeek P Jacobs A Bovendeert F Susan S Meis J Goosen J
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Ruling out an infection in one-stage knee and hip revisions for presumed aseptic failure by conventional tissue cultures takes up to 14 days. Multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a quick test (4–5 hours) for detecting infections. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the negative predictive value of an automated multiplex PCR for the detection of microorganisms in synovial fluid obtained intraoperatively in unsuspected knee and hip revisions.

The NPV of the multiplex PCR U-ITI system of synovial fluid compared to tissue cultures of knee and hip revisions was 95.7% and 92.5%, respectively. Cultures required several days for growth whereas the automated mPCR U-ITI system provided results within five hours.

The multiplex PCR U-ITI system is a quick and reliable test in ruling out infection in presumed aseptic knee and hip revisions. With this test the number of unsuspected infected revisions can be lowered and antibiotic overtreatment as well as undertreatment after one-stage revision arthroplasty can be avoided. This directly results in a reduction in length of hospital stay, hospital costs and possible antibiotic resistance development.


Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 101-B, Issue SUPP_14 | Pages 3 - 3
1 Dec 2019
Goosen J Jacobs A Heesterbeek P Susan S Bovendeert F Meis J
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Aim

Currently, despite a thorough diagnostic work up, around ten percent of the presumed aseptic revisions turn out to have unexpected positive cultures during the revision procedure. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the negative predictive value (ruling out) of the automated multiplex PCR Unyvero i60 implant and tissue infection (ITI) cartridge (U-ITI) system for the detection of microorganisms in synovial fluid obtained intraoperatively.

Methods

A prospective study was conducted with 200 patients undergoing a one-stage knee or hip revision. In all patients six intraoperative tissue cultures were taken and a sample of synovial fluid which was analyzed as a culture and with the multiplex PCR U-ITI system. The primary outcome measure was the negative predictive value (NPV) of the multiplex PCR U-ITI system compared to the intraoperative tissue cultures to reliable rule out an infection.