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Frequency of pathogens isolated per body region. Upper extremity: humerus and forearm; lower extremity: femur, tibia, fibula, patella, ankle and foot. Only two patients suffered an FRI of the axial skeleton, these patients were excluded from visualization in this figure as the percentages would be misleading. The cultured pathogen in the axial FRI group was a S. aureus in one patient and a S. epidermidis in the other.
