Sonication: A Valuable Technique for Diagnosis and Treatment of Periprosthetic Joint Infections

Table 1

Sensitivity and ESR-CRP values prior to and six weeks after prosthesis explantation.

	Tissue culture	Sonication fluid culture		ESR (mean ± SD)	CRP (mg/L) (mean ± SD)
No. of pts	16/34	24/34	prior to explantation	56.4±36.2	160.8±45.7
Sensitivity	47.1%	70.5%	6 w after explantation	29.1±6.3	8.8±4.8