Table 1.
Organism | No. of events in which organisms were recovered |
|
---|---|---|
Infected events (n = 42) | Nondiagnostic eventsb (n = 45) | |
Propionibacterium acnes | 23 | 26 |
Coagulase-negative staphylococci | 7 | 17 |
Staphylococcus aureusa | 6 | |
Candida albicans | 2 | |
Finegoldia magna | 2 | |
Pseudomonas putida | 1 | |
Mycobacterium marinum | 1 | |
Enterococcus faecalisa | 1 | |
Otherc | 16 |
One instance of an S. aureus and E. faecalis polymicrobial infection.
Sixteen patient events had more than one organism recovered.
Includes Bacillus, Micrococcus, Paenibacillus, Kocuria, Dermacoccus, Corynebacterium, and Micromonospora species.