Volume 30, Number 3—March 2024
Research
Microsporidia (Encephalitozoon cuniculi) in Patients with Degenerative Hip and Knee Disease, Czech Republic
Bohumil Sak
, Petra Gottliebová, Elka Nyčová, Nikola Holubová, Jana Fenclová, Marta Kicia, Żaneta Zajączkowska, and Martin Kváč
, Petra Gottliebová, Elka Nyčová, Nikola Holubová, Jana Fenclová, Marta Kicia, Żaneta Zajączkowska, and Martin Kváč
Table 1
Sample types, age of patients, surgical procedures, and diagnoses in study of microsporidia (Encephalitozoon cuniculi) in patients with degenerative hip and knee disease, Czech Republic*
| Sample type | Periprosthetic joint infection |
Aseptic implant loosening |
Other diagnosis |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NP/NS | PR/SR/TR | Mean age (SD) | NP/NS | PR/SR/TR | Mean age (SD) | NP/NS | PR/SR/TR | Mean age (SD) | |||
| Knees | |||||||||||
| Joint fluid | 7/8 | 4/2/1 | 72.7 (5.7) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | ||
| Puncture aspirate | 9/12 | 5/2/2 | 76.3 (8.9) | 1/1 | 0/1/0 | 74 | 1/1 | 1/0/0 | 78 | ||
| Joint tissue |
9/14 |
5/1/3 |
73.0 (6.9) |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
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| Hips | |||||||||||
| Joint fluid | 11/13 | 6/2/3 | 68.3 (9.4) | 9/9 | 5/3/1 | 69.1 (8.5) | NA | NA | NA | ||
| Puncture aspirate | 7/8 | 6/0/1 | 66.9 (12.7) | 1/1 | 1/0/0 | 74 | NA | NA | NA | ||
| Joint tissue | 10/17 | 5/2/3 | 71.9 (6.1) | 6/8 | 5/1/0 | 70.5 (7.7) | 2/2 | 0/0/2 | 69.5 (0.5) | ||
*Samples were collected from immunocompetent patients during May 2020–September 2021 at Bulovka Hospital in Prague, Czech Republic. NA, not applicable; NP, number of patients; NS, number of samples; PR, primary revision; SR, secondary revision; TR, third and further revision.
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