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

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Table 7 Comparison of the prior studies regarding D-dimer in the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection

D-dimer	Definition	Cut-off levels	Sensitivity	Specificity
Pannu et al., JoA, 2020 [32]	ICM 2013	850	96%	32%
Qin et al., JoA, 2020 [16]	MSIS 2014	1,170	93%	75%
Wu et al., JoA, 2020 [19]	MSIS 2014	410	76%	67%
Grzelecki et al., JoR 2021 [33]	ICM 2018	850	33%	95.4%

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