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Table 3 Comparison of the prior studies regarding serum C-reactive protein (CRP) in the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection

From: Current relevance of biomarkers in diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection: an update

C-reactive protein

Infection definition

Cut-off

Sensitivity

Specificity

Qin et al., JoA, 2020 [16]

MSIS 2014

7.5

81%

66%

Klim et al., Int Orthop, 2020 [17]

MSIS 2011

10.3

90%

67%

Bin et al., JoA, 2020 [18]

MSIS 2011

4.93

94%

73%

Wu et al., JoA, 2020 [19]

MSIS 2014

10.8

73%

95%

Yang et al., Sci Rep, 2021 [20]

ICM 2018

12.51

91%

83%