Table 2.

Cases of infection

Case	Age	M/F	Co-morbidities	Injury	Open/close	AO	Days to OT	Full weight bearing(wk)	Bony union (wk)	FU/ mth	Implant problem	Onset of infection/ mth	Organism	Remarks	R/O(mth)
4	55	F		S/F	Close	42A1	7	8	20	36	Nil	6	No culture	Treated with oral antibiotics	14
8	47	M		RTA (Crush)	Open IIIB	42-B2	1	28	44	27	Broken screws	Acute	Aeromonas hydrophila	Acute wound infection, Debridement + skin graft on D10	No
10	30	M	Chronic drinker	Fell from height	Close	43-C2	11	8	12	24	Nil	6	MSSA	Infected implant with subcutaneous abscess, treated with incision and drainage	6
13	43	M		RTA (high energy)	Close	42-B1	3	8	20	22	Nil	12	No culture	Treated with oral antibiotics	14
20	51	M	HT, old TB, varicosities	S/F	Close	42-B1	3	8	16	18	Nil	2	MSSA	Delay subcutaneous abscess treated with incision and drainage.	16
44	87	F	Right DHS 98; Left AMA 06	S/F	Close	42-A2	5	12	16	6	Impingement	4	MRSA	Delay deep wound infection requiring immediate removal	4
47	43	M		RTA (high energy)	Open I	42-B2	0	8	15	6	Nil	2	No culture	Treated with oral antibiotics	No

DHS dynamic hip screw, AMA Austin Moore arthroplasty, RTA road traffic accident, S/F slipped and fell, MSSA methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus, R/O removal