Table 2.

Patient demographics, index procedures and microbiological diagnosis for those 4 patients with normal inflammatory markers

No.	Diagnosis	Procedure	Gender	Age (years)	Surgery-infection interval (months)	Isolated organism
Case 1	OM 1st metatarsal	SCARF and Akin osteotomy for hallux valgus	Female	46	22	MSSA and corynebacterium
Case 2	OM distal fibula	ORIF lateral malleolus fracture	Female	54	5	MSSA and Coagulase-ve Staphylococcus
Case 3	OM ankle	ORIF medial malleolus fracture	Female	56	5	MSSA
Case 4	OM 5th metatarsal	ORIF 5th metatarsal fracture	Male	48	2	MSSA

OM: Osteomyelitis; ORIF: Open reduction and internal fixation; MSSA: Methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus.