Abstract:[Objective] To explore the risk factors of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) secondary to primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA) . [Methods] A retrospective study was conducted on 525 patients who underwent primary TKA in our department from January 2010 to January 2020. The patients were divided into two groups according to whether PJI was diagnosed definitively after TKA. Univariate com- parison and binary logistic regression analysis were conducted to search the factors related to PJI. [Results] Among 525 patients, 14 pa- tients were definitively diagnosed of PJI, accounting for 2.67%, with bacteria identified by bacterial culture of staphylococcus epidermidis in 3 cases, staphylococcus aureus in 3 cases, hemolytic streptococcus in 2 cases, escherichia coli in 3 cases, pseudomonas aeruginosa in 2 cases and enterobacter cloacis in 1 case. As consequence of univariate comparison, the PJI group was significantly greater than the non-PJI group in terms of male proportion, age, body mass index (BMI) , underling diabetes, preoperative bacteriuria, the operation time, intraopera- tive blood loss, postoperative drainage, and ratio of postoperative allogeneic blood infusion (P<0.05) , whereas the former had significantly lower preoperative albumin and hemoglobin than the latter (P<0.05) . As results of logistic regression analysis, the age (OR=1.024, P= 0.005) , underling diabetes mellitus (OR=3.243, P=0.002) and postoperative allogeneic blood infusion (OR=2.003, P=0.008) were risk fac- tors for postoperative PJI, whereas female (OR=0.786, P=0.007) and preoperative albumin (OR=0.941, P=0.026) were protective factors for PJI. [Conclusion] Male, advanced age, underling diabetes, low preoperative albumin and postoperative allogeneic blood infusion are risk factors for PJI after primary TKA in this study.