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

Table 3

Outcome classified with regard to bacterial species or explanted joint type.

	Microorganism		Joint
	S. aureus	S. epidermidis	hip	knee
Outcome after 3 months	n=25	n=28	n=23	n=30
cured	16 (64%)	22 (79%)	17 (74%)	21 (70%)
not cured	6 (24%)	5 (18%)	3 (13%)	8 (27%)
dead	3 (12%)	1 (4%)	3 (13%)	1 (3%)
Outcome after 12 months	n=21	n=27	n=21	n=27
cured	18 (86%)	22 (81%)	18 (86%)	22 (81%)
not cured	3 (14%)	4 (15%)	2 (10%)	5 (19%)
dead	0 (0%)	1 (4%)	1 (5%)	0 (0%)