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. 2002 Nov;55(11):817–823. doi: 10.1136/jcp.55.11.817

Table 4.

Organisms isolated from culture confirmed cases

Organism Number
Staphylococcus aureus 114
Coagulase negative staphylococci 22
Streptococci 15
Enterococci 7
Other Gram positive organisms 6
Enterobacteriaceae 17
Non-fermentative Gram negative organisms 28
Other Gram negative organisms 7
Clostridia 4
Other anaerobes 1
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 52
Polymicrobial 17
Nocardia asteroides 1
Total 291