Table 1 Characteristics of 106 patients (216 events) with PJI

Male, N of patients (%)

53 (50)

Female, N of patients (%)

53 (50)

Age, years, mean ± SD (range)

67 ± 12.9 (26–95)

 ≥ 75 (%)

27 (25.5)

 50–75 (%)

70 (66)

 < 50 (%)

9 (8.5)

Location of PJI, N of patients (%)

 Hip

57

 Knee

39

 Shoulder

9

 Elbow

4

 Other prosthesis

4

Fever at the time of surgical management, N of events (%) (data available for 214 events)

14 (6.5%)

Biological characteristics at the time of surgical management

 CRP (mg/L) ± SD (range) (data available for 164 events)

76.64 ± 91.9 (< 3–431)

 Leucocytes (×10⁹/L) ± SD (range) (data available for 177 events)

9.35 ± 3.51 (4.30–29.42)

 Creatinine (mg/L) ± SD (range) (data available for 178 events)

8.60 ± 3.76 (3–29)