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. 2020 Nov 3;49(3):427–436. doi: 10.1007/s15010-020-01540-2

Table 4.

Concordance analysis

Diagnostic test Causative pathogen of the PJI
Preoperative Intraoperative
+ + 87 (52%)

Staphylococcus aureus (n = 28)

Streptococci (n = 17)

CNS (n = 14)

Enterococci (n = 7)

Gram-negative bacilli (n = 10)

Anaerobes (n = 6)

Staphylococcus lugdunensis (n = 5)

Candida albicans (n = 1)

Total full concordance: 87 episodes (52%)
 ++ (additional pathogen) + 3 (2%)

CNS (n = 2)

Staphylococcus aureus (n = 2)

Cutibacterium acnes (n = 1)

Escherichia coli (n = 1)

 + ++ (additional pathogen) 6 (4%)

Enterococci (n = 3)

CNS (n = 3)

Gram-negative bacilli (n = 3)

Cutibacterium acnes (n = 2)

Streptococci (n = 2)

Candida albicans (n = 1)

Total partial concordance: 9 episodes (5%)
 + 14 (8%)

CNS (n = 3)

Staphylococcus aureus (n = 3)

Streptococci (n = 3)

Cutibacterium acnes (n = 1)

Enterococcus faecalis (n = 1)

Gram-negative bacilli (n = 1)

 − + 57 (34%)

CNS (n = 36)

Enterococci (n = 7)

Anaerobes (n = 5)

Staphylococcus aureus (n = 5)

Gram-negative bacilli (n = 4)

Streptococci (n = 3)

Corynebacterium (n = 2)

Candida spp. (n = 2)

Staphylococcus lugdunensis (n = 1)

Total full discordance: 71 episodes (43%)

CNS coagulase-negative staphylococci