Table 3.

Methicillin Resistance of Staphylococcal Periprosthetic Joint Infection

Staphylococci	Hip [n=206, n (%)]	Knee [n=235, n (%)]	P
MSSAa	72 (35.0)	107 (45.5)	0.71
MRSAb	51 (24.8)	68 (28.9)	0.75
MS-CoNSc	15 (7.3)	10 (4.3)	0.47
MR-CoNSd	68 (33.0)	50 (21.3)	0.12
Total	206 (100.0)	235 (100.0)

Notes: ^aMethicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus. ^bMethicillin-resistant S. aureus. ^cMethicillin-sensitive coagulase-negative staphylococci. ^dMethicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci.

Abbreviations: MSSA, methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus; MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MS-CoNS, methicillin-sensitive coagulase-negative staphylococci; MR-CoNS, methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci.