Research Article
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.
| ā | Microorganism | Joint | ā | 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%) |
|
|