Patient no. | Age (y) | Sex | Suspected focus | Duration | Previous pathology | WBC scan | Infection scan | Final diagnosis | Probability WBC/Infecton |
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1 | 47 | M | L femur | 3 y | Fr, OS, Inf | Positive | Positive | OM* (1) | TP/TP |
2 | 36 | M | R ankle | 2 y | Fr, OS, Inf | Positive | Positive | OM* (2) | TP/TP |
3 | 58 | M | R femur | 10 y | Fr, OS, Inf | Positive | Positive | OM* (3) | TP/TP |
4 | 42 | M | R tibia | 3 y | Fr, OS, Inf | Positive | Positive | OM | TP/TP |
5 | 12 | M | L tibia | 2 mo | OS, OD | Negative | Negative | No infection | TN/TN |
6 | 45 | M | R femur | 1 y | OS, OD, Ps | Positive | Positive | OM* (1) | TP/TP |
7 | 31 | M | L hip | 2 y | Fr, OS, Inf | Negative | Positive | STI | TN/FP |
8 | 29 | F | R femur | 5 mo | Fr, OS | Positive | Positive | OM* (3) | TP/TP |
9 | 30 | F | R ulna | 8 mo | None | Negative | Positive | No infection* | TN/FP |
10 | 66 | M | R calcaneous | 2 y | Trauma, Inf | Positive | Positive | OM* (2) | TP/TP |
11 | 37 | M | R tibia | 8 mo | RA | Positive | Positive | OM* (1) | TP/TP |
12 | 33 | F | L hip | 1 mo | Inf | Positive | Positive | No infection | FP/FP |
13 | 50 | F | Fifth metatarsal | 5 mo | Trauma | Positive | Positive | OM | TP/TP |
14 | 14 | F | L sacroiliac joint | 2 mo | Lymphoma | Positive | Positive | OM | TP/TP |
15 | 0.6 | F | R humerus | 3 wk | Inf | Positive | Positive | OM* (1) | TP/TP |
16 | 45 | F | R knee | 6 mo | Arthroscopy | Negative | Positive | OM, SA | FN/TP |
17 | 45 | M | L ankle | 1 y | OS, OD | Positive | Positive | OM | TP/TP |
18 | 8 | F | L femur | 1 mo | Inf | Positive | Positive | OM* (1) | TP/TP |
↵* Microbiologic or histopathologic verification.
Fr = fracture; OS = orthopedic surgery; Inf = infection; OM = osteomyelitis; (1) = Staphylococcus aureus; TP = true-positive; (2) = coagulase-negative Staphylococcus; (3) = Pseudomonas; OD = orthopedic device; TN = true-negative; Ps = pseudoarthrosis; STI = soft-tissue infection; FP = false-positive; RA = rheumatoid arthritis; SA = septic arthritis; FN = false-negative.