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

Arthroplasty

Table 4 Comparison of the prior studies regarding erythrocyte sedimentation rate in the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection

ESR	Infection definition	Cut-off	Sensitivity	Specificity
Qin et al., JoA, 2020 [16]	MSIS 2014	41	64%	70%
Bin et al., JoA, 2020 [18]	MSIS 2011	31	77%	97%
Wu et al., JoA, 2020 [19]	MSIS 2014	29	70%	92%
Huang et al., Orthopaedic Surgery, 2021 [21]	MSIS 2014	30	81%	88%
Yang et al., Sci Rep, 2021 [20]	ICM 2018	36.5	70%	86%

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