Measurement of the Silver Ion Concentration in Wound Fluids after Implantation of Silver-Coated Megaprostheses: Correlation with the Clinical Outcome

Table 2

Infection group: clinical course prior to the implantation of a silver-coated megaprosthesis.

Patient no.	Days until clinically definite infection	Pathogen of the infection	Revision operations	Days of hospitalization prior to SMP implantation	Days after SMP implantation
1	36	Staph. epi.	7	66	31
2	18	Enterobacter cloacae, Staph. epi.	5	48	31
3	15	Staph. epi.	12	73	44
4	40	Staph. epi, Enterococcus faec., Corynebacterium	7	227	92
5	18	Staph. epi, Enterococcus faec.	5	74	24
6	13	Staph. epi.	4	47	27
7	8	Enterobacter cloacae	5	60	34
8	14	Not demonstrable	2	7	54
9	12	Enterococcus faec.	7	105	23
10	9	Not demonstrable	2	14	5

Staph: Staphylococcus; epi: epidermidis; feac: faecalis; SMP: silver-coated megaprosthesis.