Table 3.
Characterization of patients with more than one focus of infection, categorization according to the leading infection focus (PPI periprosthetic infection)
| Number of patients with more than one focus of infection | 47 |
|---|---|
| Bilateral joint infection (native knee infection and PPI) | 4 |
| Vertebral osteomyelitis AND | |
| Shoulder empyema | 1 |
| Osteomyelitis of foot | 1 |
| Osteomyelitis of femur | 1 |
| Osteomyelitis of sternum AND sacrum | 1 |
| Empyema of shoulder AND soft tissue infection (M. psoas, M. pectoralis) | 1 |
| Hip empyema | 2 |
| Knee empyema | 1 |
| PPI of hip | 2 |
| PPI of knee | 1 |
| Periprosthetic infection of hip AND | |
| PPI of knee | |
| Suspected hip empyema | 4 |
| Osteomyelitis of foot AND | 1 |
| Empyema of shoulder | 1 |
| Osteomyelitis of symphyse AND | |
| Soft tissue infection of symphyse | 5 |
| Osteomyelitis of tibia AND | |
| Soft tissue infection of lower leg | 1 |
| Empyema of hip AND | |
| Bilateral shoulder empyema AND soft tissue infection (back muscles) | 2 |
| Vertebral osteomyelitis AND abscesses (lung and muscles) AND suspected infection of thrombosis femoral | 1 |
| osteomyelitis of sternum | 1 |
| osteomyelitis of sternum AND mediastinitis | 1 |
| Empyema of knee AND | |
| Suspected infection of spine | 3 |
| Soft tissue infection of knee | 1 |
| Osteomyelitis of shoulder AND osteomyelitis of clavicula AND soft tissue infections (abscess of lung, endophtalmitis, suspected septical embolie) | 1 |
| Infection post-surgery (tibia) AND | |
| Knee empyema | 1 |
| Infection post-surgery femur | 1 |
| Suspected infection of spine AND knee joint | 2 |
| Suspected infection of hip joint AND spine | 1 |
| Suspected infection of tibia AND femur | 1 |
| Foreign material infection of the spine AND | |
| Septic herd encephalitis AND septic arthritis of both feet | 1 |
| Vertebral osteomyeltis (another level) | 2 |