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. 2021 Aug 2;49(6):1213–1220. doi: 10.1007/s15010-021-01676-9

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