arthroplasty and infection Archives - ACR Meeting Abstracts

Abstract Number: 1347 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
The Presentations and Outcomes of Prosthetic Joint Septic Arthritis: a Comparison of Culture-Positive and Culture-Negative Disease
Ziv Paz¹, Sarah B. Lieber¹, Andrew Moore², Clara Zhu³, Robert H. Shmerling⁴ and Mary Louise Fowler⁵, ¹Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Medicine, Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, ³Medical School, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁴Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁵School of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Prosthetic joint septic arthritis (PJSA) may complicate joint replacement in approximately 1-2% of cases. Synovial fluid cultures are negative in up to 25% of…

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