Clinical Study
Two-Stage Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty for Periprosthetic Infections Using Antibiotic-Impregnated Cement Spacers of Various Types and Materials
Table 1
Details of the causative organisms of infection in the 37 hips during the first-stage revision surgery.
| | Organism () | No. of patients, (%) |
| | Staphylococcus epidermidis | 10 (27.0) | | Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) | 9 (24.3) | | Staphylococcus species | 5 (13.5) | | Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) | 2 (5.4) | | Escherichia coli | 2 (5.4) | | Group B streptococcus | 2 (5.4) | | Klebsiella | 1 (2.7) | | Polymicrobial organisms | 1 (2.7) | | Unknown | 5 (13.5) |
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