TABLE 1.
Patient clinical features
| Characteristic | Value |
|
|---|---|---|
| Controls | PJI patients | |
| Amt of TLR (pg/ml) ± SD | ||
| TLR4 | 348.81 ± 28.61 | 384.28 ± 43.84 |
| TLR2 | 171.04 ± 34.36 | 504.19 ± 64.96 |
| Amt of inflammatory marker (pg/ml) ± SD | ||
| C-reactive protein | 0.48 ± 0.27 | 2.63 ± 1.79 |
| TNF-α | 1.78 ± 0.51 | 6.70 ± 1.94 |
| IL-1 | 2.19 ± 0.52 | 15.79 ± 3.62 |
| IL-6 | 1.822 ± 0.75 | 11.2 ± 3.86 |
| No. of patients with: | ||
| Staphylococcus aureus (Gram positive) | 11 | |
| Staphylococcus epidermis (Gram positive) | 7 | |
| Staphylococcus xylosus (Gram positive) | 1 | |
| Staphylococcus warneri (Gram positive) | 1 | |
| Staphylococcus caprae (Gram positive) | 1 | |
| Staphylococcus aureus (Gram positive) | 1 | |
| Streptococcus anginosus (Gram positive) | 1 | |
| Streptococcus agalactiae (Gram positive) | 1 | |
| Enterococcus faecalis (Gram positive) | 2 | |
| Corynebacterium striatum (Gram positive) | 4 | |
| Klebsiella pneumonia (Gram negative) | 1 | |
| Pasteurella multocida (Gram negative) | 1 | |
| Staphylococcus aureus (Gram positive)/Acinetobacter baumannii (Gram negative) | 1 | |
| Staphiylococcus aureus (Gram positive)/Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Gram negative) | 1 | |
| No. of females and males | 16 females, 12 males | 16 females, 12 males |
| Mean age (yrs) ± SD | 68 ± 22 | 63 ± 21 |