Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of the included patients

No.	Sex/age	Cause	Side	Culture outcome	Local comorbidity
1	M/38	Iatrogenic factor	R	Negative	Sinus tract
2	M/60	Iatrogenic factor	L	Stenotrophomonas maltophilia	Sinus tract
3	M/29	Falling injury	R	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	Sinus tract
4	F/41	Sharp puncture	L	Negative	Sinus tract
5	M/50	Crushing injury	L	Staphylococcus aureus	Sinus tract
6	M/64	Falling from a height	L	Polymicrobial	Sinus tract a
7	F/51	Falling from a height	L	Negative	Sinus tract
8	M/52	Traffic accident	R	Negative	Sinus tract
9	M/10	Sharp puncture	L	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	Sinus tract
10	M/67	Crushing injury	R	Negative	Sinus tract
11	M/63	Sharp puncture	L	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	No
12	M/45	Falling from a height	L	Escherichia coli	Sinus tract
13	F/67	Sharp puncture	R	Negative	No
14	M/53	Hematogenous spread	R	Negative	Sinus tract
15	M/54	Sharp puncture	L	Negative	Sinus tract
16	F/51	Falling from a height	L	Negative	Sinus tract
17	M/56	Frostbite injury	R	Negative	Sinus tract
18	M/30	Falling from a height	L	Negative	Sinus tract a
19	M/20	Sharp puncture	L	Negative	Sinus tract
20	M/10	Hematogenous spread	L	Enterobacter cloacae	No
21	M/33	Traffic accident	R	Proteus mirabilis	Sinus tract
22	M/12	Sharp puncture	L	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	Sinus tract
23	M/25	Traffic accident	L	Negative	Sinus tract
24	F/60	Falling from a height	L	Staphylococcus aureus	Sinus tract
25	M/36	Sprain injury	R	Enterobacter cloacae	Sinus tract
26	F/59	Hematogenous spread	L	Polymicrobial	Sinus tract
27	F/65	Falling from a height	L	Negative	Sinus tract
28	M/3	Iatrogenic factor	R	Negative	Sinus tract
29	M/22	Falling from a height	L	Negative	Sinus tract
30	M/29	Falling from a height	L	Negative	Sinus tract
31	M/43	Falling injury	L	Negative	Sinus tract
32	M/18	Hematogenous spread	R	Negative	Sinus tract
33	M/48	Falling injury	R	Negative	Sinus tract
34	M/46	Falling from a height	R	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	Sinus tract a

^aSinus tract + soft tissue defect