Table 3.

Positive intraoperative cultures

Patient	Number of cultures taken	Number of positive cultures	Organism	Number of days to positive culture	Subsequent infection? (followup [months])
1	3	3	Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus aureus	2	No (14)
2	2	2	Propionibacterium	4	No (24)
3	4	1	Propionibacterium	7	Yes (12)
4	2	2	Propionibacterium	4	No (25)
5	3	2	Propionibacterium	4	No (12)
6	3	1	Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus	3	No (12)
7	4	4	Propionibacterium	4	Yes (14)
8	6	1	Propionibacterium	4	No (13)