Table III.
Distribution characteristics of Staphylococcus spp. in different phases of periprosthetic joint infection.
| Early (0 to 3 months) | Delayed (3 to 24 months) | Late (>24 months) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organisms | N | % of organisms | % of phase | N | % of organisms | % of phase | N | % of organisms | % of phase | Overall, N (%) |
| CoNS | 56 | 37.6 | 36.6 | 62 | 41.6 | 28.6 | 31 | 20.8 | 20.1 | 149 (28.4) |
| S. aureus | 32 | 20.5 | 20.9 | 65 | 41.7 | 30.0 | 59 | 37.8 | 38.3 | 156 (29.8) |
| Othersa | 65 | 29.7 | 42.5 | 90 | 41.1 | 41.5 | 64 | 29.2 | 41.6 | 219 (41.8) |
| Total | 153 | 29.2 | 217 | 41.4 | 154 | 29.4 | 524 (100.0) | |||
a
Including Streptococci spp., Enterococci spp., Diphtheroids, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas spp., Acinetobacter spp. and negative cultures.