Meta-analysis of sonication prosthetic fluid PCR for diagnosing periprosthetic joint infection

• Kan Liu ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ These authors are co-first authors on this work.

  Affiliations Department of Orthopedics, General Hospital of Chinese People’s Liberation Army, Beijing, China, Department of Orthopedics, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Third Affiliated Hospital, Beijing, China

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• Jun Fu ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ These authors are co-first authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, General Hospital of Chinese People’s Liberation Army, Beijing, China

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• Baozhan Yu,

  Roles Investigation, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, General Hospital of Chinese People’s Liberation Army, Beijing, China

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• Wei Sun,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Software, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Intensive Care Unit, Nanyuan Hospital, Beijing, China

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• Jiying Chen ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision

  * E-mail: haolibo301@sina.com (LH); Chenjiying_301@163.com (JC)

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, General Hospital of Chinese People’s Liberation Army, Beijing, China

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• Libo Hao

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: haolibo301@sina.com (LH); Chenjiying_301@163.com (JC)

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, General Hospital of Chinese People’s Liberation Army, Beijing, China

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3052-8714

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