Bacterial Extracellular DNA Production Is Associated with Outcome of Prosthetic Joint Infections

Table 4

eDNA production after 24 h in correlation to outcomes after 3 and 12 months with regard to bacterial species or explanted joint.

	S. aureus	S. epidermidis	Hip isolates	Knee isolates
	eDNA 24log	eDNA 24log	eDNA24log	eDNA24log
Outcome after 3 months	n=25	n=28	n=23	n=30
Correlation Coefficient	-0.028	-0.161	-0.293	-0.013
Sig. (2-tailed)	0.894	0.413	0.175	0.945
Outcome after 12 months	n=21	n=27	n=21	n=27
Correlation Coefficient	-0.022	0.391	0.605	-0.018
Sig. (2-tailed)	0.923			0.928