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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 99-B, Issue SUPP_22 | Pages 32 - 32
1 Dec 2017
Bicart-Sée A Bouige A Fourcade C Krin G Arnaud S Conte P Félicé M Bonnet E Giordano G Rottman M
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Aim

Pre-operative distinction between prosthetic joint infections (PJI) and non-infectious causes of joint failure is particularly challenging, especially in chronic situations. Guidelines propose different algorithms using numerous preoperative tests. We evaluated place of serology.

Method

During a 9 month period, we included consecutive patients undergoing arthroplasty revision for a suspected chronic hip or knee infection. Serologies were sampled at the same day than the other blood tests. Results were compared with the final diagnosis, determined with peroperative bacteriological and histological results.

Serology was performed using a multiplex antibody detection*. This multiplex antibody detection assay detects antibodies against Staphylococcus species, Propionibacterium acnes and Streptococcus agalactiae.