Table 3.
Frequency and distribution of detected pathogens in FRI by patient group and diagnostic method
| Overall (n = 72)* |
Study Group (n = 45)* |
Control Group (n = 27)* |
p-value | Sonication (n = 58)* |
Standard culture (n = 57)* |
Tissue homogenization (n = 53)* |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CoNS | 64 | 40 | 24 | 1.00 | 53 | 54 | 50 |
| Cutibacterium acnes | 27 | 22 | 5 | 0.012 | 25 | 23 | 21 |
| Staph. aureus | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.049 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Other gram-positive pathogens | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0.572 | 12 | 10 | 10 |
| Other gram-negative pathogens | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0.826 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
* number of patients with FRI
CoNS, Coagulase-negative staphylococci