Table 3.

Overview of patient data, affected joint, preoperative and postoperative classification, diagnosis, and identified bacteria

Patient no.	Age (years)	Sex	Hip/knee	Pre-operative classification	Diagnosis	Preoperative PCR	SF culture	SF PCR	Biopsy culture
1	80.1	f	Hip	PJI	PJI	PJI	S. epidermidis	CNS	S. epidermidis, S. hominis
2	54.1	f	Hip	Aseptic loosening	PJI	PJI	–	CNS	CNS
3	52.1	m	Knee	PJI	PJI	PJI	CNS	CNS	CNS
4	98.2	f	Knee	PJI	PJI	PJI	S. epidermidis	CNS	S. epidermidis
5	78.4	f	Knee	Aseptic loosening	PJI	Aseptic	–	–	CNS
6	66.7	m	Hip	PJI	PJI	PJI	2 strains CNS	CNS, Cutibacterium acnes	2 strains S. epidermidis
7	60.9	m	Hip	Heterotopic ossification	PJI	PJI	–	CNS	S. epidermidis
8	84.9	m	Hip	PJI	PJI	PJI	Listeria monocytogenes	CNS	Listeria monocytogenes
9	66	f	Knee	PJI	PJI	PJI	S. aureus	S. aureus	S. aureus
10	82.2	f	Hip	PJI	PJI	PJI	S. aureus	S. aureus	S. aureus
11	52.5	f	Knee	Aseptic loosening	PJI	Aseptic	–	–	CNS
12	75.6	f	Hip	Aseptic loosening	PJI	PJI	–	CNS	CNS
13	78.2	f	Knee	PJI	PJI	PJI	Streptococcus salivarius	Streptococcus spp.	Streptococcus salivarius
14	60.8	m	Hip	PJI	PJI	PJI	Group B Streptococci	Streptococcus agalactiae	–
15	83.3	f	Hip	PJI	PJI	Aseptic	Group B Streptococci	–	Group B Streptococci
16	81.7	f	Hip	Aseptic loosening	Aseptic loosening	Aseptic	–	–	–
17	73.5	f	Knee	Malalignment	Malalignment	Aseptic	–	–	–
18	77	f	Knee	Aseptic loosening	Aseptic loosening	Aseptic	–	–	–
19	71	m	Knee	Aseptic loosening	Aseptic loosening	Aseptic	–	–	–
20	77.4	f	Knee	Malalignment	Malalignment	Aseptic	–	–	–
21	83.2	f	Knee	Aseptic loosening	Aseptic loosening	Aseptic	–	–	–
22	79.2	f	Hip	Aseptic loosening	Aseptic loosening	Aseptic	–	–	–
23	64.1	m	Hip	Aseptic loosening	Aseptic loosening	Aseptic	–	–	–
24	59	f	Knee	Aseptic loosening	Aseptic loosening	Aseptic	–	–	–
25	67.8	m	Knee	Arthrofibrosis	Arthrofibrosis	Aseptic	–	–	–
26	74	f	Hip	PJI	Aseptic loosening	Aseptic	S. aureus	–	–

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