From: Prosthetic joint infection development of an evidence-based diagnostic algorithm
Author | Year | LoE | CoR | (n = x) | Sensitivity | Specifity | Positive predictive value | Negative predictive value | LR for a positive result | LR for a negative result |
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Banit et al. | 2002 | I | I | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Frozen section (Hip) |  |  |  | 63 | 0.45 (0.16–0.75) | 0.92 (0.85–1.0) | 0.56 (0.23–0.88) | 0.89 (0.81–0.97) | 5.91 (1.07–166.5) | 0.59 (0.25–0.99) |
 Frozen section (knee) |  |  |  | 55 | 1 | 0.96 (0.9–1.0) | 0.82 (0.59–1.0) | 1 | 23.00 (9.76–64.7) | 0 |
 (Knee + hip.shoulder) |  |  |  | 121 | 0.67 (0.48–0.86) | 0.95 (0.91–1.0) | 0.8 (0.62–0.98) | 0.91 (0.86–0.97) | 14.67 (5.37–442) | 0.35 (0.15–0.57) |
Borrego et al. | 2007 | I | I | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Frozen sectio (Hip) |  |  |  | 83 | 0.5 (0.15–0.85) | 1 | 1 | 0.95 (0.9–1.0) | X | 0.5 (0.15–0.85) |
 Frozen section (knee) |  |  |  | 63 | 0.67 (0.48–0.86) | 0.9 (0.8–0.99) | 0.8 (0.62–0.98) | 0.81 (0.7–0.93) | 6.5 (2.42–116.4) | 0.37 (0.15–0.65) |
Schinsky et al. | 2008 | I | I | 201 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Frozen section |  |  |  |  | 0.73 (0.61–0.84) | 0.94 (0.9–0.98) | 0.82 (0.71–0.92) | 0.9 (0.85–0.95) | 11.8 (6.06–37.34) | 0.29 (0.16–0.43) |
Fink et al. | 2008 | I | I | 145 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Fixed section (knee) |  |  |  |  | 1 | 0.98 (0.95–1.0) | 0.95 (0.89–1.0) | 1 | 52.5 (22.13–140.88) | X |
 Tissue culture (knee) |  |  |  |  | 0.78 (0.65–0.9) | 0.98 (0.95–1.0) | 0.94 (0.86–1.0) | 0.92 (0.87–0.97) | 40.69 (14.28–127.41) | 0.23 (0.09–0.37) |
 Both |  |  |  |  | 0.78 (0.65–0.9) | 0.98 (0.95–1.0) | 0.94 (0.86–1.0) | 0.92 (0.87–0.97) | 40.69 (14.28–127.41) | 0.23 (0.09–0.37) |
Della Valle et al. | 2007 | I | I | 94 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Forzen section |  |  |  |  | 0.88 (0.78–0.98) | 0.96 (0.91–1.0) | 0.95 (0.88–1.0) | 0.91 (0.84–0.99) | 23.27 (8.74–72.1) | 0.13 (0.02–0.24) |
Fink et al. | 2013 | I | I | 100 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Fixed section (hip) |  |  |  |  | 0.62 (0.48–0.76) | 1 | 1 | 0.76 (0.67–0.86) | X | 0.38 (0.24–0.52) |
 Tissue culture (hip) |  |  |  |  | 0.73 (0.6–0.86) | 0.98 (0.95–1.0) | 0.97 (0.91–1.0) | 0.82 (0.73–0.91) | 40.33 (11.29–50.36) | 0.27 (0.14–0.42) |
 Both |  |  |  |  | 0.82 (0.71–0.93) | 0.98 (0.95–1.0) | 0.97 (0.92–1.0) | 0.87 (0.06–0.31) | 45.22 (13.28–54.52) | 0.18 (0.06–0.31) |