Table 2

Clinical characteristics of patients with diagnosed deep wound infections following pediatric scoliosis surgery

No.	Diagnosis	Age, yr	Sex	Surgical approach	Bone graft	Levels fused	Onset, wk	Initial symptoms	Cultured organism	Pseudoarthrosis	Wound closure
1	AIS	19	F	Posterior	Allograft	T6–L2	8	Drainage	Negative culture	No	VAC
2	AIS	14	F	Posterior	Autogenous	T5–L2	72	Pain	P. acnes	Yes	VAC
3	Congenital scoliosis	16	F	Anterior–posterior	Allograft	T4–L3	1	Drainage	Enterococcus, MRSA	No	VAC
4	Juvenile idiopathic scoliosis	11	F	Anterior–posterior	Allograft	T2–L4	19	Drainage	P. acnes, S. epidermidis	No	VAC
5	Juvenile idiopathic scoliosis	13	M	Posterior	Autogenous	T4–L2	3	Drainage	S. aureus	No	Primary
6	Duchenne muscular dystrophy	14	M	Posterior	Allograft	T2–pelvis	5	Drainage	S. epidermidis	No	VAC
7	Cerebral palsy	13	F	Anterior–posterior	Allograft	T2–pelvis	1	Drainage	Streptococcus	No	Primary
8	Rett syndrome	17	F	Posterior	Allograft	T2–L5	1	Drainage	S. epidermidis, Pseudomonas, C. albicans	No	VAC
9	Myelomeningocele	18	M	Posterior	Allograft	T2–pelvis	42	Pain	S. epidermidis	Yes	VAC
10	Cerebral palsy	13	F	Anterior–posterior	Allograft	T2–pelvis	72	Drainage	S. epidermidis	No	VAC
11	Cerebral palsy	14	M	Anterior–posterior	Allograft	T2–pelvis	33	Pain	S. epidermidis	No	VAC
12	Cerebral palsy	13	M	Posterior	Allograft	T2–pelvis	46	Pain	P. acnes	Yes	Secondary
13	Duchenne muscular dystrophy	17	M	Posterior	Allograft	T2–pelvis	3	Drainage	Pseudomonas	No	Primary
14	Osteogenesis imperfecta	12	M	Posterior	Allograft	T4–L2	21	Drainage	Negative culture	No	Primary

AIS = adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; C. = Candida; F = female; M = male; MRSA = methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; P. = Propionibacterium; S. = Staphylococcus; VAC = vacuum-assisted closure.