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 |