Table 1.

Patterns of Osteomyelitis and Bacterial Growth Among Bone Samples With Histopathology and Microbiology Results

	Microbiology
	All Eligible Specimens (n = 167)			Specimens With Exclusions (n = 146)a
	Bacterial Growth	No Bacterial Growth	Proportion With Bacterial Growth, %	Bacterial Growth	No Bacterial Growth	Proportion With Bacterial Growth, %
Histopathology
Osteomyelitis	88	9	91	78	9	90
No osteomyelitis	56	14	80	45	14	76
Proportion with osteomyelitis, %	61	39		63	39

Data are presented as frequency unless noted otherwise.

^aSpecimens with isolated growth of Corynebacterium spp and coagulase-negative staphylococci were excluded.