Table 1.

Patients clinical description.

	Patient 1	Patient 2	Patient 3	Patient 4	Patient 5	Patient 6	Patient 7	Patient 8
Gender	F	M	M	F	F	M	F	M
Age at DBS	64	69	69	67	64	68	63	66
Site of skin erosion or infection	RetroauricularLeft frontal	Retroauricular	Retroauricular	Retroauricular	Retroauricular cervical	Left frontal	Subclavicular	Subclavicular initially, then left frontal
Culture	S. aureus	S. aureus	S. aureus	—	S. aureus	Unavailable	S. mitis + S. oralis	S. aureus
Number of previous surgeries in attempt to control infection	7 (including two exchanges of DBS components)	0	1	0	1	0	1	3
Result of previous surgical interventions	Removal of IPG + extension cables + left electrode	—	Removal of IPG + extensions cables	—	Removal of IPG + extensions cables	—	Hematoma evacuation + IPG repositioning	Removal of IPG + extensions cables