Table 1. Microbiology Culture Results by Study.

Source	Fracture Location	Hardware Installed	Culture Findings	Cultures, No.
Phisitkul et al, 200741	Proximal tibia	Plate and screws	MRSA	1
			Bacillus cereus	1
			Staphylococcus epidermidis with Enterococcus species	1
			Staphylococcus aureus with Haemophilus influenzae	1
			No growth	4
Cole et al, 200452	Proximal tibia	Plate and screws	MRSA	1
			No growth	1
Kregor et al, 200428	Distal femur	Plate and screws	MRSA	3
Kayali et al, 200726	Distal femur	Plate and screws	MRSA	1
			Escherichia coli	1
Barei et al, 200466	Tibial plateau	Plate and screws	MRSA	1
			Enterococcus species	2
			S aureus	2
			Enterobacter species	1
Morris et al, 20132	Tibial plateau	Plate and screws	MRSA	20
			S aureus	9
			Enterobacter species	9
Momaya et al, 2016101	Tibial plateau	Plate and screws	MRSA	26
			S aureus	11
			Enterobacter cloacae	5
			Enterobacter faecalis	5
Lin et al, 2014106	Tibial plateau	Plate and screws	MRSA	7
			S aureus	8
			Pseudomonas aeruginosa	3
			Enterobacter species	2
			Acinetobacter baumannii	1
			Enterococcus species	1
			Streptococcus species	1
			Serratia species	1
Shah et al, 200772	Tibial plateau	Plate and screws	MRSA	1
			Enterobacter species	2
			Pseudomonas species	1
Bobic et al, 1993111	Tibial plateau	Plate and screws	S aureus	1
Lee et al, 2007113	Tibial plateau	Plate and screws	S aureus	1
Marsh et al, 199574	Tibial plateau	Plate and screws	S aureus	2
Zhu et al, 201784	Tibial plateau	Plate and screws	MRSA	3
			S aureus	2
Ma et al, 201883	Tibial plateau	Plate and screws	S aureus	9
			S epidermidis	4
			Multiple genus and species	3
			Pseudomonas aeruginosa	1
Singh et al, 2015125	Tibial plateau or proximal tibia	Plate and screws	MRSA	4
			S aureus	6
			S epidermidis	1
			E coli	1
			Enterobacter aerogenes	1
			No culture performed	3
Torchia et al, 199636	Patella	Tension band or other	Streptococcus species	2
			Pseudomonas species	2
			S aureus	1
			Enterobacter species	1
			Peptococcus magnus	1

Abbreviation: MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.