Table 1. Patient Characteristics.

#	Site of Concern	Pre-surgical Diagnosis	Post-Surgical Diagnosis	Culture Results	CRP† (mg/dL)	rFIAU Scan
						2 hour	24 hour
1	Right knee	Septic arthritis	Septic Arthritis	MRSA	55.0	Positive	Positive
2	Right hip	Septic arthritis	No Infection*	ND	8.9	Negative	Negative
3	Left hip	Septic prosthesis	Septic prosthesis	MRSA	80.1	Positive	Positive
4	Right knee	Septic arthritis	Septic Arthritis	MRSA	51.0	Positive	Positive
5	Right tibia	Osteomyelitis	Osteomyelitis	Proteus mirabilis, gram positive cocci	9.5	Positive	ND
6	Left tibia	Osteomyelitis	Osteomyelitis	No growth	5.3	Positive	ND
7	Left lower extremity	Cellulitis	No Surgery	E. faecalis, MSSA, psuedomonas sp., E.coli and Proteus sp.	ND	Positive	ND
8	Left knee	Septic arthritis	Necrotizing septic arthritis	MRSA	150.0	Positive	ND
9	Control	Control	Control	ND	ND	Negative	ND

^†Normal C-reactive protein (CRP) levels: <0.5 mg/dL

^*Clinical symptoms concerning for infection resolved without antibiotics or surgery-no infection was diagnosed

MRSA-Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, MSSA-Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus

ND-Not Done