Table 1. Further Clinical Characteristics of Group Patients^a.

	main groups		subgroups
	septic	nonseptic	septic		nonseptic
			wound sepsis	haematogenous sepsis	OA	MT with OA	OC
number	7	12	6	1	4	2	6
mean age	6 years 10 months	7 years 7 months	7 years 11 months	0 years 2 months	10 years 6 months	12 years 0 months	4 years 6 months
sex	7M	6F, 6M	6M	1M	1F, 3M	1F, 1M	4F, 2M
joint	1 × GH	2 × GH		1 × GH
	1 × MCP	3 × MCP	1 × MCP		2 × GH	2 × FT	3 × MCP
	1 × MTP	4 × FT	1 × MTP		1 × FT		1 × FT
	4 × TC	1 × MTP	4 × TC		1 × MTP		2 × TC
		2 × TC

^aAbbreviations: Groups, OA = osteoarthritis, MT = meniscal tear and concurrent OA, OC = osteochrondrosis; sex, M = Male, F = Female; joints, GH = glenohumeral, MCP = metacarpophalangeal, FT = femorotibial, MTP = metatarsophalangeal, and TC = tarsocrural.