All of the following criteria are used in the diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection, except:

All of the following criteria are used in the diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection, except:












A. joint pain with positive bacteremia in two successive blood cultures

B. growth of the same microorganism in two or more synovial fluid or periprosthetic tissue cultures

C. purulent synovial fluid or periprosthetic tissue

D. acute inflammation in periprosthetic tissue

E. presence of a sinus tract














Answer: A


Microbiology

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