Titanium-Based Hip Stems with Drug Delivery Functionality through Additive Manufacturing

Table 1

Pathogens isolated from prosthetic joint infections after total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA), adapted from [40].

Species or group	Percentage
Staphylococcus aureus	22
Polymicrobial composition	19
Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS)	19
Unidentified Gram-negative rods	20
Streptococcus spp.	9
Anaerobic bacteria	6
Microorganisms representing 5% and less of the cultured species:
Enterococcus spp.
Corynebacterium spp.
Listeria monocytogenes
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Candida albicans
Brucella suis
Geotrichum spp.