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Diagnostic accuracy of neutrophil counts in histopathological tissue analysis in periprosthetic joint infection using the ICM, IDSA, and EBJIS criteria

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BONE & JOINT RESEARCH
卷 10, 期 8, 页码 536-547

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BRITISH EDITORIAL SOC BONE & JOINT SURGERY
DOI: 10.1302/2046-3758.108.BJR-2021-0058.R1

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Periprosthetic joint infection; Histology; Histopathology; EBJIS; Arthroplasty

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Histopathological analysis with different thresholds of polymorphonuclear neutrophils can assist in diagnosing periprosthetic joint infections, with a recommended threshold of >= 10 PMN/HPF for IDSA and ICM criteria to achieve optimal sensitivity and specificity. Furthermore, the performance of histopathological analysis varies between different types of joint replacement surgeries.
Aims Histology is an established tool in diagnosing periprosthetic joint infections (PJIs). Different thresholds, using various infection definitions and histopathological criteria, have been described. This study determined the performance of different thresholds of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (>= 5 PMN/HPF, >= 10 PMN/HPF, >= 23 PMN/10 HPF), when using the European Bone and Joint Infection Society (EBJIS), Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), and the International Consensus Meeting (ICM) 2018 criteria for PJI. Methods A total of 119 patients undergoing revision total hip (rTHA) or knee arthroplasty (rTKA) were included. Permanent histology sections of periprosthetic tissue were evaluated under high power (400x magnification) and neutrophils were counted per HPF. The mean neutrophil count in ten HPFs was calculated (PMN/HPF). Based on receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis and the z-test, thresholds were compared. Results Using the EBJIS criteria, a cut-off of >= five PMN/HPF showed a sensitivity of 93% (95% confidence interval (CI) 81 to 98) and specificity of 84% (95% CI 74 to 91). The optimal threshold when applying the IDSA and ICM criteria was >= ten PMN/HPF with sensitivities of 94% (95% CI 79 to 99) and 90% (95% CI 76 to 97), and specificities of 86% (95% CI 77 to 92) and 92% (95% CI 84 to 97), respectively. In rTKA, a better performance of histopathological analysis was observed in comparison with rTHA when using the IDSA criteria (p < 0.001). Conclusion With high accuracy, histopathological analysis can be supported as a confirmatory criterion in diagnosing periprosthetic joint infections. A threshold of >= five PMN/HPF can be recommended to distinguish between septic and aseptic loosening, with an increased possibility of detecting more infections caused by low-virulence organisms. However, neutrophil counts between one and five should be considered suggestive of infection and interpreted carefully in conjunction with other diagnostic test methods.

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