Table 1.
Demographic information in the studies.
| Author | Journal | Year | Country | Gender | Age | Location | UD or risk factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carothers | Am J Orthop | 2015 | USA | F | 67 | Hip | NA |
| Erdogan | Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc | 2010 | Turkey | F | 63 | Knee | DM, previous infection |
| Dauty | Joint Bone Spine | 2009 | France | F | 65 | Knee | NA |
| Tassinari | Chir Organi Mov | 2008 | Italy | M | 68 | Knee | NA |
| Tena | Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease | 2007 | Spain | M | 51 | Hip | NA |
| Ruiz-Iban | Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery | 2006 | Spain | F | 66 | Hip | None |
| M | 71 | Hip | None | ||||
| Cairo | J Bone Joint Surg Am | 2006 | Spain | M | 50 | Hip | ON |
| M | 71 | Hip | OA | ||||
| Kasim | Scand J Infect Dis | 2004 | Lebanon | F | 47 | Hip | OA |
| Weil | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2003 | Israel | M | 38 | Hip | Psoriatic arthritis |
| M | 64 | Knee | Hip fusion | ||||
| M | 67 | Knee | OA | ||||
| Ortega-Andreu | The Journal of Arthroplasty | 2002 | Spain | M | 63 | Hip | OA, heavy smoker |
| Orti | Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis | 1997 | Spain | M | 60 | Knee | hyperglycemia, nephrolithiasis, ON |
| malizos | Am J Orthop | 1997 | Greece | M | 74 | Knee | NA |
| Agarwal | Clin Orthop Relat Res | 1991 | Saudi Arabia | F | 24 | Knee | RA |
| Jones | Orthopedics | 1983 | USA | M | 54 | Hip | ON, OA |
UD, underlying disease; NA, not available; DM, diabetes mellitus; ON, osteonecrosis; OA, osteoarthritis; RA, rheumatoid arthritis.