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Conventional synovial and serum markers are not reliable under these circumstances. Synovial calprotectin has been recently shown as a promising biomarker for PJI in total hip (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The aim of this study is to investigate if calprotectin is reliable for PJI diagnosis in cases with accompanying inflammation due to recent surgery, dislocation or implant breakage in primary and revision TKA and THA.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Thirty-three patients were included in this prospective study between July 2019 and October 2021 (17 patients undergoing surgery\u2009&lt;\u20099\u00a0months, 11 dislocations, five implant breakage, respectively). Synovial white blood cell count (WBC), percentage of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMC), serum C-reactive protein (CRP) and synovial calprotectin, using a lateral-flow-assay, were analysed. These parameters were tested against a modified European-Bone-and-Joint-Infection-Society (EBJIS) definition with adjusted thresholds to account for the local inflammation. Statistic quality criteria were calculated and compared using a binary classification test.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Seventeen patients were classified as confirmed infections according to the modified EBJIS definition (13 THA and 4 TKA). The calprotectin assay yielded a sensitivity of 0.88 (0.64, 0.99), a specificity of 0.81 (0.54, 0.96), a positive predictive value (PPV) of 0.83 (0.59, 0.96) and a negative predictive value (NPV) of 0.87 (0.60, 0.98).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Even in the presence of local inflammation due to other, non-infectious causes, calprotectin is a reliable diagnostic parameter for the detection of a PJI in primary and revision THA and TKA.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00264-022-05421-1","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,7]],"date-time":"2022-05-07T05:02:35Z","timestamp":1651899755000},"page":"1473-1479","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":28,"title":["Synovial calprotectin is a reliable biomarker for periprosthetic joint infections in acute-phase inflammation \u2014 a prospective cohort study"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"46","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7403-5535","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Igor","family":"Lazic","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Peter","family":"Prodinger","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maximilian","family":"Stephan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alexander T.","family":"Haug","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Florian","family":"Pohlig","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Severin","family":"Langer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"R\u00fcdiger","family":"von Eisenhart-Rothe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Christian","family":"Suren","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"5421_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.arth.2020.04.078","author":"L Leitner","year":"2020","unstructured":"Leitner L, Posch F, Amerstorfer F, Sadoghi P, Leithner A, Glehr M (2020) The dark side of arthroplasty: competing risk analysis of failed hip and knee arthroplasty with periprosthetic joint infection. 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