Use of Common Inflammatory Markers in the Long-Term Screening of Total Hip Arthroprosthesis Infections: Our Experience

Table 4

Description of THA infection.

Infection category	Typical onset after surgery	Type	Signs and symptoms	Representative microorganism
Early postoperative	≤2–4 weeks	Acute (type I)	Persistent pain after surgery, fever, redness, swelling after surgery	Staphylococcus aureus, coagulase-negative staphylococci
Late chronic	≥1 month	Chronic (type II)	Insidious onset, persisting pain after surgery	Coagulase-negative staphylococci, Propionibacterium species, anaerobes, S. aureus
Hematogenous	>2 years	Acute (type III)	Fever, pain, redness, swelling after a long period of wellness	Streptococci, S. aureus, gram-negative bacilli