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Table 1 (Abstract O3) Preoperative blood culture data of the two patient cohorts

From: Conference Proceedings for the 10th Annual Meeting of Arthroplasty Society in Asia (ASIA), 26th Annual Meeting of the Thai Hip and Knee Society (THKS), and the 16th Annual Meeting of the ASEAN Arthroplasty Association (AAA)

Organism, n (%)

Primary TJA (n = 52)

Chronic PJI (n = 56)

P Value

Culture negative

41 (78.8%)

45 (80.4%)

0.846

Staphylococcus cohnii

1 (1.9%)

1 (1.8%)

0.958

Staphylococcus hominis

6 (11.5%)

6 (10.7%)

0.892

Staphylococcus epidermidis

4 (7.7%)

2 (3.6%)

0.350

Peanibacillus alvei

0 (0.0%)

1 (1.8%)

N/A

Bacillus firmus

0 (0.0%)

1 (1.8%)

N/A

  1. TJA total joint arthroplasty, PJI periprosthetic joint infection, NAA not applicable