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. 2017 Apr 4;13(6):2599–2608. doi: 10.3892/etm.2017.4300

Table II.

Incidence of Staphylococcus spp. in 20 included studies.

Causative organism, N (%)

Author, year Cases (N) CoNS S. aureus Othersa (Refs.)
Knee and hip
  Phillips et al, 2006 75 27 (36.0) 22 (29.3) 26 (34.7) (2)
  Moran et al, 2007 112 47 (42.0) 53 (47.3) 12 (10.7) (27)
  Teterycz et al, 2010 82 39 (47.6) 43 (52.4) 0 (0.0) (19)
  Tsai et al, 2015 144 24 (16.7) 43 (29.9) 77 (53.5) (13)
  Kuiper et al, 2013 91 13 (14.3) 50 (54.9) 28 (30.8) (20)
Knee
  Wilde et al, 1988 15 10 (66.7) 0 (0.0) 5 (33.3) (39)
  Burger et al, 1991 39 13 (33.3) 19 (48.7) 7 (17.9) (38)
  Ip et al, 2005 14 1 (7.1) 6 (42.9) 7 (50.0) (28)
  Fulkerson et al, 2006 84b 30 (35.7) 27 (32.1) 27 (32.1) (12)
  Sharma et al, 2008 108b 28 (25.9) 26 (24.1) 54 (50.0) (6)
  Stefansdottir et al, 2009 426 131 (30.8) 134 (31.5) 161 (37.8) (1)
  Nickinson et al, 2010 121 59 (48.8) 16 (13.2) 46 (38.0) (8)
  Bjerke-Kroll et al, 2014 390 76 (19.5) 77 (19.7) 237 (60.8) (44)
  Holmberg et al, 2015 145 33 (22.8) 53 (36.6) 59 (40.7) (40)
  Matsumoto et al, 2015 50 10 (20.0) 25 (50.0) 15 (30.0) (33)
  Total 1,392 391 (28.1) 383 (27.5) 618 (44.4)
Hip
  Giulieri et al, 2004 63 11 (17.5) 27 (42.9) 25 (39.7) (42)
  Ip et al, 2005 22 3 (13.6) 6 (27.3) 13 (59.1) (28)
  Fulkerson et al, 2006 110b 31 (28.2) 40 (36.4) 39 (35.5) (12)
  Rafiq et al, 2006 255 171 (67.1) 33 (12.9) 51 (20.0) (9)
  Sharma et al, 2008 140b 50 (35.7) 27 (19.3) 63 (45.0) (6)
  Lutro et al, 2014 278 113 (40.6) 53 (19.1) 112 (40.3) (32)
  Ibrahim et al, 2014 125 35 (28.0) 49 (39.2) 41 (32.8) (41)
  Bjerke-Kroll et al, 2014 395 77 (19.5) 102 (25.8) 216 (54.7) (44)
  Triantafyllopoulos et al, 2015 60 11 (18.3) 31 (51.7) 18 (30.0) (43)
  Total 1,448 502 (34.7) 368 (25.4) 578 (39.9)
Total 3,344 1,043 (31.2) 962 (28.8) 1,339(40.0)
a

Including Streptococci spp., Enterococci spp., Diphtheroids, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas spp., Acinetobacter spp. and negative cultures.

b

Cases were positive specimens isolated from knee or hip. CoNS, coagulase-negative staphylococci; S. aureus, Staphylococcus aureus.