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Table 1 Diagnostic value of microbiological culture of synovial fluid aspirate for diagnosis of PJI of the hip

From: Diagnostic accuracy of arthroscopic biopsy in periprosthetic infections of the hip

Study

Year

Number of hips

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

PPV (%)

NPV (%)

Accuracy (%)

Ali et al. [7]

2006

73

82

91

74

94

89

Barrack & Harris [8]

1993

260

50

88

6

99

87

Cross et al. [9]

2014

110

59

100

100

93

94

Fehring & Cohen [10]

1996

166

50

88

50

89

87

Itasaka et al. [11]

2001

29

40

92

50

88

83

Kraemer et al. [12]

1993

45

57

97

89

83

84

Lachiewicz et al. [13]

1996

128

85

97

85

97

95

Müller et al. [14]

2008

50

57

50

78

29

54

Somme et al. [15]

2003

109

83

100

100

86

92

Spangehl et al. [6]

1999

202

86

94

67

98

93

Steinbrink & Frommelt [16]

1995

2158

82

96

87

94

92

Williams et al. [17]

2004

273

80

94

81

93

90