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

Table 2

Characteristics of implant infect classification with regard to bacterial species or explanted joint.

	Microorganism		Joint
	S. aureus	S. epidermidis	hip	knee
	n = 30	n = 30	n = 29	n = 31
Implant classification
primary	23 (76.7 %)	13 (43.3%)	16 (53.3 %)	20 (66.7 %)
secondary (>2)	7 (23.3 %)	17 (56.7%)	14 (46.7 %)	10 (33.3 %)
Infect classification
early	12 (40 %)	-	5 (16.7 %)	7 (22.6 %)
late	18 (60 %)	-	11 (36.7 %)	8 (26.7 %)
chronic	-	30 (100%)	14 (46.7 %)	15 (50 %)