Table 2.

Patients with recurrent infection

Patient	Initial symptoms	Initial radiographic results	Initial pathogens	Delay of recurrence (months)	Pathogens at recurrence	Treatment	Final result
1	Pain + fistula	Osteolysis	Streptococcus Staphylococcus aureus resistant to methicillin	6	Escherichia coli	Suppressive antibiotics	Contained
2	Pain	Loosening	Enterococcus faecalis Corynebacterium Peptostreptococcus	9	Escherichia coli	One-stage exchange	Success
3	Pain	Osteolysis	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	14	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	Two-stage exchange	Failure
4	Pain	Osteolysis	Enterobacter	17	Escherichia coli	Open débridement + suppressive antibiotics	Success
5	Pain + fistula	Loosening	Staphylococcus aureus sensitive to methicillin	5	Staphylococcus aureus sensitive to methicillin	Débridement + suppressive antibiotics	Contained
6	Pain	Osteolysis	Staphylococcus aureus sensitive to methicillin	18	Staphylococcus aureus sensitive to methicillin	One-stage exchange	Success