Table 2.
Characteristics of patients who had surgical site infections.
| Age/ Gender | Vancomycin Delivery | Diagnosis | Surgery | Infection onset (days) | Tobacco Use | Diabetes | BMI (kg/m2) | Cultures | Notable issues |
| 40F | Powder | Sagittal imbalance | Revision PSF T11-pelvis; PCO L5 | 71 | Never | None | 30.9 | Staphylococcus epidermidis | Prior fusion |
| 59M | Powder | Degenerative scoliosis | PSF T10-pelvis | 17 | Former | None | 33.7 | Staphylococcus aureus; Klebsiella pneumoniae | Crohn's disease |
| 69M | Powder | Sagittal imbalance | Revision PSF T9-pelvis; PSO L3 | 20 | Never | Non-insulin dependent diabetes | 28.3 | Klebsiella pneumoniae | Prior fusion; ankylosing spondylitis, AV block with pacemaker |
| 69F | Powder | Flat back syndrome | PSF L2-S1 | 58 | Never | None | 31.9 | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Total knee arthroplasty prior periprosthetic joint infection with Staph epidermidis |
| 73M | Bead | Sagittal imbalance | PSF T10-pelvis; laminectomy T10/11 | 20 | Former | Non-insulin dependent diabetes | 43.9 | Klebsiella pneumoniae | None |
PSF - posterior spinal fusion; PCO - posterior column osteotomy, PSO - pedicle subtraction osteotomy.