Patients with Joint Replacement
| Patient no. | Age (y) | Sex | Suspected focus | Duration | Previous pathology | WBC scan | Infecton scan | Final diagnosis | Probability WBC/Infecton |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 60 | F | R knee | 2 y | OS, Pr, Inf | Positive | Positive | OM* (2) | TP/TP |
| 2 | 55 | F | R knee | 7 mo | OS, Pr | Negative | Negative | No infection | TN/TN |
| 3 | 57 | F | L knee | 1 y | OS, Pr | Negative | Negative | No infection | TN/TN |
| 4 | 50 | F | R knee | 2 y | OS, Pr | Negative | Negative | No infection | TN/TN |
| 5 | 72 | M | R knee | 10 y | OS, Pr | Negative | Negative | No infection | TN/TN |
| 6 | 66 | F | R knee | 6 mo | OS, Pr | Negative | Negative | No infection | TN/TN |
| L knee | Negative | Negative | No infection | TN/TN | |||||
| 7 | 72 | F | R knee | 5 mo | OS, Pr | Positive | Positive | OM* (2) | TP/TP |
| 8 | 40 | M | R knee | 2 mo | OS, Pr | Positive | Positive | OM* (3) | TP/TP |
| L knee | Negative | Negative | No infection | TN/TN | |||||
| 9 | 69 | F | L knee | 2 y | OS, Pr | Positive | Positive | OM* (1) | TP/TP |
| R hip | Positive | Positive | OM | TP/TP | |||||
| 10 | 77 | F | L hip | 1 y | OS, Pr | Positive | Positive | OM | TP/TP |
| R femur | OD | Negative | Positive | OM* (4) | FN/TP | ||||
| 11 | 85 | M | L hip | 1 y | OS, Pr | Negative | Positive | OM* (1) | FN/TP |
| 12 | 55 | F | R hip | 3 mo | OS, Pr | Positive | Positive | OM | TP/TP |
| 13 | 72 | F | L hip | 6 mo | OS, Pr | Negative | Negative | No infection | TN/TN |
| 14 | 46 | M | L hip | 10 mo | OS, Pr | Negative | Positive | STI | TN/FP |
| 15 | 55 | M | L hip | 2 y | OS, Pr | Negative | Positive | OM | FN/TP |
| R hip | Negative | Negative | No infection | TN/TN | |||||
| 16 | 82 | F | L hip | 3 y | OS, Pr, Inf | Negative | Positive | OM | FN/TP |
| 17 | 66 | M | R hip | 2 y | OS, Pr | Negative | Negative | No infection | TN/TN |
| 18 | 45 | M | R hip | 1 y | OS, Pr | Negative | Negative | OM* (2) | FN/FN |
↵* Microbiologic or histopathologic verification.
OS = orthopedic surgery; Pr = endoprosthesis; Inf = infection; OM = osteomyelitis; (2) = coagulase-negative Staphylococcus; TP = true-positive; TN = true-negative; (3) = Pseudomonas; (1) = Staphylococcus aureus; OD = orthopedic device; (4) = Escherichia coli; FN = false-negative; STI = soft-tissue infection; FP = false-positive.