Clinical Study
Synovial Fluid Aspiration Should Not Be Routinely Performed during the Two-Stage Exchange of the Knee
Table 1
Pathogens detected at diagnosis of periprosthetic infection.
| | Pathogen | N (%) |
| | Staphylococcus epidermidis | 19 (20.21) | | Staphylococcus aureus | 15 (16.00) | | Other CNS | 13 (13.83) | | Streptococci | 5 (5.32) | | Corynebacterium spp. | 1 (1.1) | | Escherichia coli | 1 (1.1) | | Enterobacter cloacae | 1 (1.1) | | Enterococcus faecalis | 1 (1.1) | | Bacillus cereus | 1 (1.1) | | Micrococcus luteus | 1 (1.1) | | Moraxella osloensis | 1 (1.1) | | MRSA | 1 (1.1) | | Cutibacterium acnes | 1 (1.1) | | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 1 (1.1) | | Rothia dentocariosa | 1 (1.1) | | Polymicrobial | 8 (8.51) | | Culture-negative | 23 (24.47) |
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CNS: coagulase negative staphylococci; MRSA: multi-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
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