| MLR | Monocyte to Lymphocyte ratio |
| NLR | Neutrophil to Lymphocyte ratio |
| PVR | Platelet to Mean Platelet Volume ratio |
| PLR | Platelet to Lymphocyte ratio |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| AUC | Area Under the Curve |
| PJI | Periprosthetic joint infection |
| DOR | Diagnostic odds ratio |
| QUADAS | Quality assessment tool for diagnostic accuracy studies |
| ICM | International Consensus on Musculoskeletal Infection |
| MSIS | MusculoSkeletal Infection Society |
| EBJS | The European Bone and Joint Infection Society |