Table 2: Details of all cases with infections.

No.

Age (y)

Sex

BMI (kg/m2)

DM

RA

CRF

Operation

ALBC

Days from operation

Infecting organisms

1

66

F

21.5

-

-

-

BHA

-

7

MRCNS

2

78

F

17.3

-

-

-

BHA

+

8

MRSA

3

49

F

26

-

-

-

THA

+

13

Negative culture

4

76

F

22.7

+

-

-

BHA

-

16

Negative culture

5

58

F

31.2

+

-

+

TKA

+

18

MRCNS

6

82

F

21.1

+

-

-

BHA

+

35

MRSA

7

82

F

25.1

+

-

-

TKA

+

42

MRSA

8

83

F

25.4

+

-

-

TKA

-

44

MRSA

9

76

F

32

+

-

-

TKA

+

64

MRCNS

10

77

F

25.9

-

-

-

THA

+

79

MRCNS

11

56

M

19.6

-

-

-

THA

+

86

MRSA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M: Male; F: Female; DM: Diabetes mellitus; RA: Rheumatoid arthritis; CRF: Chronic renal failure; MRCNS: Methicillin-resistant coagulase negative Staphylococcus; MRSA: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.