Dithiotreitol pre-treatment of synovial fluid samples improves microbiological counts in peri-prosthetic joint infection

Author:

Drago Lorenzo,Romanò Delia,Fidanza Andrea,Giannetti Alessio,Erasmo Rocco,Mavrogenis Andreas F.,Romanò Carlo Luca

Abstract

Abstract Purpose Synovial fluid cultures of periprosthetic joint infections (PJI) may be limited by bacteria living in the fluids as biofilm-aggregates. The antibiofilm pre-treatment of synovial fluids with dithiotreitol (DTT) could improve bacterial counts and microbiological early stage diagnosis in patients with suspected PJI. Methods Synovial fluids collected from 57 subjects, affected by painful total hip or knee replacement, were divided into two aliquots, one pre-treated with DTT and one with normal saline. All samples were plated for microbial counts. Sensitivity of cultural examination and bacterial counts of pre-treated and control samples were then calculated and statistically compared. Results Dithiothreitol pre-treatment led to a higher number of positive samples, compared to controls (27 vs 19), leading to a statistically significant increase in the sensitivity of the microbiological count examination from 54.3 to 77.1% and in colony-forming units count from 1884 ± 2.129 CFU/mL with saline pre-treatment to 20.442 ± 19.270 with DTT pre-treatment (P = 0.02). Conclusions To our knowledge, this is the first report showing the ability of a chemical antibiofilm pre-treatment to increase the sensitivity of microbiological examination in the synovial fluid of patients with peri-prosthetic joint infection. If confirmed by larger studies, this finding may have a significant impact on routine microbiological procedures applied to synovial fluids and brings further support to the key role of bacteria living in biofilm-formed aggregates in joint infections.

Funder

Università degli Studi dell’Aquila

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Orthopedics and Sports Medicine,Surgery

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