Table 1.
Characteristics of infection in several studies
| Characteristics | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles | Number of infected patients | Population | Mono- or polymicrobial cultures | Most frequent organisms (%) | Time since initial surgery (number of patients) | No-growth cultures (%) |
| Pull ter Gunne et al. (2010) [6] | 132 | Adult | Monomicrobial 63 (52.1%) | . Staphylococcus aureus 65.1% | nd° | 38 (31.4%) |
| . Enterococcus faecalis 14.5% | ||||||
| . MRSA* 10.8 % | ||||||
| Polymicrobial 20 (16.5%) | . Escherichia coli 10.8% | |||||
| . Klebsiella pneumoniae 7.2% | ||||||
| . Streptococcus spp. 4.8% | ||||||
| Cahill et al. (2010) [7] | 61 | paediatric | Monomicrobial 29 (47.5%) | . S. aureus 38% | ≤ 3 months 32 (52.4%) | 11 (18%) |
| . Staphylococcus coagulase negative 24% | ||||||
| . MRSA 20% | ||||||
| Polymicrobial21 (34.4%) | . Pseudomonas spp. 20% | ≥ 3 months 29 (47.5%) | ||||
| . E. coli 18% | ||||||
| . E. faecalis 16% | ||||||
| . Enterobacter spp. 8% | ||||||
| . Proteus mirabilis 8% | ||||||
| Mok et al. (2009) [1] | 16 | Adult paediatric | Monomicrobial 7 (43.7%) | . Staphylococcus coagulase negative 50% | ≤ 3 months 12 (75%) | 0% |
| . Enterococcus spp.50% | ||||||
| . S. aureus 31.2% | ||||||
| Polymicrobial9 (56.3%) | . P. acnes 18.7% | ≥ 3 months 4 (25%) | ||||
| . E. coli 18.7% | ||||||
| . Enterobacter spp. 18.7% | ||||||
| "Rihn"/>Rihn et al. (2008) [8] | 7 | paediatric | Monomicrobial 5 (83.3%) | . Staphylococcus coagulase negative 33.3% | ≤ 6 months 1 (14.3%) | 14.3% |
| MRSA 16.6% | ||||||
| Polymicrobial1 (16.6%) | . E. faecalis 16.6% | ≥ 6 months 6 (85.7%) | ||||
| . Streptococcus spp. 16.6% | ||||||
| . P. acnes 16.6% | ||||||
| . S. marscesens 16.6% | ||||||
| "Ho"/>Ho et al. (2007) [9] | 53 | paediatric | Monomicrobial 45 (85%) | . Staphylococcusylococcus coagulase negative 47% | ≤ 6 months 31 (58.5%) | 6% |
| . S. aureus 17% | ||||||
| . Enterococcus spp. 6% | ||||||
| Polymicrobial 8 (15%) | . Pseudomonas spp. 6% | ≥ 6 months 22 (41.6%) | ||||
| . E. coli 4% | ||||||
| . Enterobacter spp. 4% | ||||||
| "Fang"/>Fang et al. (2005) [10] | 48 | Adult paediatric | nd° | . S. aureus 56.2% | ≤ 3 months 40 (83.4%) | 0% |
| . Staphylococcus coagulase negative 37.5% | ||||||
| . Enterococcus spp. 23% | ≥ 3 months 8 (16.7%) | |||||
| . E. coli 8.3% | ||||||
| . Pseudomonas spp. 8.3% | ||||||
| Collins et al. (2008) [11] 48 |
74 | Adult paedatric | Monomicrobial 46 (62.2%) | . Propionibacterium spp. 46% | ≤ 30 days 6 (8%) | 0% |
| .Staphylococcus coagulase negative 24.3% | ||||||
| Polymicrobial 28 (37.8%) | . S. aureus 12% | |||||
| .Staphylococcusylococcus coagulase negative 24.3% | ≥ 30 days 68 (92%) | |||||
MRSA methicillin-resistant S. aureus, nd not documented