Table 3.

Distribution of cases according to the site of involvement.

Type of infection	Number of patients (%)	Sites (number)
Osteomyelitis	142 (65.7)	Tibia (54), femur (38), foot (19), humerus (8), radius (7), ulna (5), ilium (5), fibula (3), hand (2), clavicle (1)
Concurrent osteomyelitis and septic arthritis	25 (11.5)	Knee with distal femur or proximal tibia (17), hip with proximal femur (8)
Septic arthritis	20 (9.2)	Knee (10), hip (9), shoulder (1)
Soft tissue infection	18 (8.3)	Sub-muscular abscess (16), pyomyositis (2)
Synovitis	11 (5.1)	Knee (6), hip (5)