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BONE & JOINT RESEARCH
Volume 9, Issue 8, Pages 450-456Publisher
BRITISH EDITORIAL SOC BONE & JOINT SURGERY
DOI: 10.1302/2046-3758.98.BJR-2019-0329.R2
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Chronic prosthetic joint infection; calprotectin; synovial fluid; biomarker
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- Fujian Education and Scientific Research Projects for Young Teachers [JAT170241]
- Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province [2018I0006, 2018Y4003]
- Key clinical speciality of Fujian Province [2012[149]]
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Aims This study aimed to evaluate calprotectin in synovial fluid for diagnosing chronic prosthetic joint infection (PJI). Methods A total of 63 patients who were suspected of PJI were enrolled. The synovial fluid calprotectin was tested by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Laboratory test data, such as ESR, CRP, synovial fluid white blood cells (SF-WBCs), and synovial fluid polymorphonuclear cells (SF-PMNs), were documented. Chi-squared tests were used to compare the sensitivity and specificity of calprotectin and laboratory tests. The area under the curve (AUC) of the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was calculated to determine diagnostic efficacy. Results The median calprotectin level was 776 mu g/ml(interquartile range (IQR) 536.5 to 1132) in the PJI group and 54.5 mu g/ml (IQR, 38.75 to 78.25) in the aseptic failure (AF) group (p < 0.05). Using a threshold of 173 mu g/ml, the sensitivity was 95.2%, with a 97.6% specificity, and the AUC was 0.993. The sensitivity of calprotectin of the antibiotic-treated PJI group was 100% versus 90.9% of the non-antibiotic-treated PJI group. Although 47.6% (ten cases) of the patients in the PJI group received antibiotics before aspiration, the diagnostic efficacy of calprotectin was not affected. The sensitivity and specificity of ESR, CRP, SF-WBCs, and SF-PMNs ranged from 76.2% to 90.5% and 64.3% to 85.7%, respectively. Conclusion Calprotectin in synovial fluid has great diagnostic efficacy for PJI diagnosisand outperformed ESR, CRP, SF-WBCs, and SF-PMNs.
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