TABLE 2.

Characteristics of and outcomes for 12 patients with staphylococcal infections of their hip prostheses^a

Patient no.	Sex	Age (yr)	Time delay to infection (mo)	Clinical presentation	Microorganism	Diagnostic procedure	Previous treatment	Prosthesis removal	Outcome	Duration of follow-up (mo)
9	M	41	26	Fi, I	CoNS	Fistula	O/R	No	Cure	33
10	F	79	11	P, Fe	CoNS	Biopsy	F/R	No	Cure	24
11	M	63	9	P, I	CoNS	Biopsy	F/R	No	Cure	28
12	F	71	2	P, I, Fe	SA	Puncture		No	Lack of compliance
13	F	63	22	P, L	CoNS	Puncture	F/R	Yes	Cure	24
14	M	77	14	P, L, Fi	SA	Fistula	O/R	No	Intolerance
15	M	45	7	P, I, Fe	SA	Puncture		No	Intolerance
16	M	72	23	P, I	CoNS	Puncture		No	Failure
17	M	68	1	P, I	SA	Puncture		No	Cure	33
18	M	72	70	P, I, Fe	SA	Biopsy		No	Intolerance
19	M	44	18	P, L, Fi	SA	Fistula		Yes	Cure	32
20	F	64	4	P, L, Fi	SA	Fistula		Yes	Failure

^aAbbreviations: SA, S. aureus; CoNS, coagulase-negative Staphylococcus; M, male; F, female; P, pain; Fe, fever; Fi, fistula; L, loosened prosthesis; I, inflammatory syndrome; O/R, ofloxacin plus rifampin; F/R, fusidic acid plus rifampin.