Sensitivities, Specificities, and Predictive Values of Microbiological Culture Techniques for the Diagnosis of Prosthetic Joint Infection

Table 2

Number of patients having at least one sample analysed by each technique.

Sampling technique	Infected cases N, (%)	Noninfected cases N, (%)
Blood culture vials	20 (60.6)	93 (51.6)
Sterile container	23 (69.7)	99 (53.2)
Tissue sample	31 (93.9)	160 (86.0)