Consensus: The workup of patients with painful joint and suspected (late) PJI should follow the algorithm provided in Workgroup 7.

Liaison: Antonia Chen MD, MBALeaders: Fares Haddad Mb, ChB, FRCS (International), Paul Lachiewicz MD (US)Delegates:MichaelBolognesiMD,LuisE.CortesMD,MassimoFranceschiniMD,JiriGalloMD,AaronGlynnMD,Alejandro Gonzalez Della Valle MD, Aydin Gahramanov MD, Monti Khatod MD, Stergios Lazarinis MD, PhD,Guenther Lob MD, Arvind Nana MD, Peter Ochsner MD, Ibrahim Tuncay MD, Tobias Winkler MD,YiRong Zeng MD