Table 1.

Summary of patient characteristics.

Case number	Age	Sex	Fracture site	Previous treatment	Culture
1	45	Male	Humerus	Plate, screws	S. aureus
2	21	Male	Femur (open)	Plate, screws	S. aureus
3	53	Female	Tibia	Plate, screws	Neg
4	32	Male	Femur	Plate, screws	E. coli
5	48	Female	Foot	Screws, external fixator	S. aureus
6	48	Male	Femur (open)	Plate, screws	S. aureus, E. coli
7	54	Female	Tibia	Plate, screws	Enterococcus faecalis
8	24	Male	Tibia	Plate, screws	Neg
9	26	Male	Tibia	Nail	S. aureus
10	58	Male	Tibia	External fixator	E. coli
11	50	Female	Tibia	Plate, screws	S. aureus
12	37	Male	Tibia	External fixator	S. aureus
13	44	Male	Femur	Plate, screws	S. epidermidis
14	41	Female	Tibia	Plate, screws	S. aureus
15	38	Male	Tibia	Plate, screws	S. aureus
16	29	Male	Femur	Nail	Neg
17	38	Male	Femur	Nail	S. aureus
18	44	Female	Tibia	Plate, screws	S. aureus, E. coli
19	27	Male	Tibia (open)	Plate, screws	S. aureus, E. coli
20	32	Male	Femur	Plate, screws	Neg
21	23	Female	Femur	External fixator	E. coli
22	18	Male	Humerus	Plate, screws	S. aureus
23	41	Male	Femur	Nail	S. aureus
24	44	Male	Humerus	Plate, screws	Neg
25	68	Male	Femur	Plate, screws	S. aureus
26	32	Male	Tibia	Plate, screws	Neg
27	45	Male	Tibia (open)	External fixator	S. aureus
28	42	Male	Tibia (open)	Plate, screws	E. cloacae
29	48	Male	Femur	External fixator	S. aureus, E. coli
30	24	Female	Tibia (open)	Plate, screws	S. aureus
31	36	Female	Foot	Screws, external fixator	E. coli
32	38	Male	Tibia	Plate, screws	S. aureus
33	58	Male	Tibia (open)	Plate, screws	S. aureus, E. coli
34	47	Male	Tibia	Plate, screws	S. aureus
35	19	Female	Radius	Plate, screws	S. aureus
36	53	Male	Tibia (open)	External fixator	E. coli
37	32	Male	Tibia (open)	Plate, screws	S. aureus
38	30	Male	Foot	Plate, screws	S. epidermidis
39	50	Male	Tibia	Plate, screws	S. aureus
40	36	Male	Radius (open)	Plate, screws	Neg
41	41	Male	Femur (open)	External fixator	E. coli
42	43	Male	Femur	Plate, screws	E. cloacae