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Table 1 Patient demographics

From: Early definitive internal fixation for infected nonunion of the lower limb

Patient #

Sex

Age

Type of host

Anatomic type of OM

Injury mechanism

Lesion

Site

Fracture classification

# of previous operations

Microorganism

1

M

56

B

Diffused

Pedestrian TA

Tibia diaphysis

Left

Closed

2

MRSE

2

M

36

A

Diffused

Pedestrian TA

Tibia metaphysis (distal one-third)

Right

IIIA

2

Culture negative

3

M

43

B

Diffused

Sports exercise

Tibia metaphysis (distal one-third)

Left

Closed

5

Enterobacter cloacae

4

M

45

B

Diffused

Pedestrian TA

Femur diaphysis

Right

Closed

2

Culture negative

5

M

49

B

Diffused

Motorcycle TA

Tibia diaphysis

Right

IIIB

3

Pseudomonas

6

M

61

B

Diffused

In car TA

Femur diaphysis

Left

Closed

2

MRSE

7

M

61

B

Diffused

In car TA

Both tibia

Lt: Diaphysis

Rt: Tibia Metaphysis

Both

IIIB

2

Acinetobacter baumannii

8

M

61

B

Diffused

Motorcycle TA

Tibia metaphysis

(Distal one-third)

Right

IIIA

1

MRSA

9

M

25

A

Localized

Motorcycle TA

Tibia diaphysis

Right

IIIA

2

Pseudomonas

10

M

58

B

Diffused

Motorcycle TA

Tibia metaphysis

(Distal one-third)

Left

IIIB

1

Culture negative

11

F

40

B

Diffused

In car TA

Both tibia

Lt: Diaphysis

Rt: Metaphysis

(Distal one-third)

Both

IIIB

1

Acinetobacter baumannii

12

M

50

B

Diffused

Motorcycle TA

Tibia metaphysis

(Distal one-third)

Right

Closed

3

MRSA

13

M

68

B

Localized

In car TA

Tibia metaphysis

(Proximal one-third)

Right

II

1

#1. Acinetobacter baumannii

#2. Enterobacter cloacae

#3. Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

14

F

28

A

Localized

In car TA

Femur diaphysis

Right

Closed

1

MRSA

15

F

30

A

Diffused

Fall

Femur diaphysis

Right

Closed

3

Enterococcus faecium

16

M

64

B

Diffused

Pedestrian TA

Tibia metaphysis

(Distal one-third)

Right

Closed

2

MSSA

17

M

74

B

Diffused

Motorcycle TA

Femur diaphysis

Left

Closed

2

Culture negative

18

M

35

A

Localized

Motorcycle TA

Femur diaphysis

Right

Closed

4

Enterococcus gallinarum

19

F

25

A

Diffused

Fall

Femur diaphysis

Right

Closed

3

Culture negative

20

M

33

A

Diffused

Pedestrian TA

Tibia metaphysis

(Distal one-third)

Right

IIIB

2

MRSA

21

M

34

A

Diffused

Pedestrian TA

Tibia diaphysis

Right

Closed

1

Enterococcus faecalis

22

M

30

A

Diffused

Pedestrian TA

Tibia diaphysis

Right

IIIB

5

Serratia marcescens

23

M

51

B

Localized

Pedestrian TA

Femur metaphysis

(Distal one-third)

Left

Closed

2

Culture negative

24

M

67

B

Diffused

Pedestrian TA

Tibia metaphysis

(Distal one-third)

Left

IIIB

2

Culture negative

25

M

51

B

Diffused

Pedestrian TA

Tibia metaphysis

(Distal one-third)

Left

Closed

1

Culture negative

26

M

36

A

Localized

Pedestrian TA

Tibia metaphysis

(Distal one-third)

Right

IIIA

5

Pseudomonas

27

F

59

B

Localized

Pedestrian TA

Tibia diaphysis

Left

Closed

2

MSSA, Escherichia coli

28

M

59

B

Diffused

Motorcycle TA

Tibia metaphysis

(Proximal one-third)

Right

Closed

3

MRSA

29

M

28

A

Diffused

In car TA

Femur metaphysis

(Distal one-third)

Right

II

1

Pseudomonas

30

M

25

A

Diffused

Pedestrian TA

Tibia diaphysis

Left

IIIB

1

Culture negative

31

F

51

B

Diffused

Pedestrian TA

Tibia diaphysis

Left

II

2

MRSE

32

M

44

A

Diffused

In car TA

Femur diaphysis

Right

Closed

1

MSSA

33

M

45

A

Diffused

Motorcycle TA

Tibia diaphysis

Left

Closed

2

Culture negative

34

M

45

B

Diffused

Pedestrian TA

Tibia diaphysis

Right

II

1

MSSA

  1. #: number, M: male, F: female, TA: traffic accident. OM: osteomyelitis, MRSA: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, MSSA: methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus, MRSE: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis