Research Article

Vitamin D Receptor Genetic Variations May Associate with the Risk of Developing Late Fracture-Related Infection in the Chinese Han Population

Table 2

Clinical characteristics of the FRI patients included.

Clinical characteristicsOutcomes

Top injury type (no., %)
 Traffic accident93 (40.0%)
 Falling injury50 (21.5%)
 Falling from a height27 (11.6%)
 Stab injury21 (9.0%)
Body side distribution (no., %)
 Left159 (47.3%)
 Right170 (50.6%)
 Bilateral7 (2.1%)
Single infection site (no., %)268 (79.8%)
 Tibia158 (59.0%)
 Femur41 (15.3%)
 Calcaneus28 (10.4%)
 Foot8 (3.0%)
 Hand7 (2.6%)
 Fibula7 (2.6%)
 Humerus6 (2.2%)
 Ulna5 (1.9%)
 Radius4 (1.5%)
 Another sites4 (1.5%)
Positive rate of intraoperative culture (%, no.)57.1% (132/231)
Monomicrobial infection (%, no.)63.6% (84/132)
Top detected pathogens for monomicrobial infection (no., %)
Staphylococcus aureus39 (46.4%)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa12 (14.3%)
Staphylococcus epidermidis7 (8.3%)
Enterobacter cloacae6 (7.1%)
Enterococcus faecalis5 (6.0%)