Diagnostic Criteria for Prosthetic Joint Infection

A bone scan should be obtained if infection is suspected, but cannot be confirmed by aspiration or blood work. The modality is a technicium 99 m bone scan that tex inflammation and indium one 11 te tex leucacites. A triple scan can differentiate infection from fracture or bone remodelling. This may be helpful to identify areas of high metabolic activity using florinated glucose. As far as sensitivity and specificity, positron omission tomography has 98 % sensitivity and 98% specificity. Now let's talk about the diagnostic criteria for prosthetic joint infection.