Table 2.

Positive rate of bacterial culture in different locations with single site patients.

Sites	Cases (Rate)	Positive rate	Rate of S. aureus	Other common bacteria
Tibia	285 (57.5%)	66% (188/285)	42.5% (80/188)	P.Aeruginosa 15.8%, Colibacillus 8.4%
Femur	133 (26.8%)	62.4% (83/133)	61.4% (51/83)	E.cloacae 8.2%, colibacillus 7.1%
Calcaneus	15 (3.0%)	73% (11/15)	45.5% (5/11)	P.Aeruginosa 27.3%, Colibacillus 9.1%
Humerus	14 (2.8%)	57% (8/14)	50% (4/8)	Colibacillus 25%, E.cloacae 12.5%
Radius and ulna	13 (2.6%)	69.2% (9/13)	44.4 (4/9)	E.cloacae 22.2%, P.Aeruginosa 11.1%
Fibula	11 (2.2%)	45.5% (5/11)	60.0% (3/5)	—
Others	25 (5.1%)	60% (15/25)	33.3% (5/15)	P.Aeruginosa 15.6%, E.cloacae 12.5%