title: Current and future trends in the diagnosis of periprosthetic hip infection.
abstract: The challenge of confirming the diagnosis of prosthetic hip infection is two-fold. First, the presentation of the patient with a prosthetic hip infection often has limited or few subjective complaints and physical findings, nonconfirmatory inflammatory laboratory markers, and negative culture results. Second, there has not been consistent agreement of the definition of prosthetic join infection. Recent work by the Musculoskeletal Infection Society has created a new uniform definition for research and clinical use that may improve the ability to accurately diagnose prosthetic hip infections individually and share data among different sites for research collaboration.
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 981080 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-1080, USA.
authors: Beau S
authors: BS
authors: Konigsberg
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 981080 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-1080, USA.
authors: Curtis W
authors: CW
authors: Hartman
authors: University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985400 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5400, USA.
authors: Angela L
authors: AL
authors: Hewlett
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 981080 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-1080, USA. Electronic address: kgarvin@unmc.edu.
authors: Kevin L
authors: KL
authors: Garvin
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D001799:Blood Sedimentation; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000032:analysis; D006622:Hip Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D010808:Physical Examination; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013010:Sonication
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D002097:C-Reactive Protein
keywords: Diagnosis of prosthetic hip infection; Hip arthroplasty; Periprosthetic infection; Revision arthroplasty