Improved patient reported outcomes with functional articulating spacers in two-stage revision of the infected hip

Table 2 Infection characteristics, causative pathogens

	Functional articulating spacer group	Prefabricated spacer group
CoNS	10	18
S. aureus	0	9
S. epidermidis	0	1
Propioni acnes	0	5
E. faecalis	2	2
E. coli	0	1
P. aeruginosa	0	1
H. parainfluenzae	0	1
Corynebacterium	0	2
Aerococcus christensenii	0	1
Group B Streptococcus	1	0
Candida albicans	0	2
Culture negative	0	4
Polymicrobial	2	8

CoNS: Coagulase Negative Staphylococcus; S. aureus: Staphylococcus aureus; S. epidermidis: Staphylococcus epidermidis; E. faecalis: Enterococcus faecalis; E. coli: Escherichia coli; P. aeruginosa: Pseudomonas aeruginosa; H. parainfluenzae: Haemophilus parainfluenzae.