Table 3.
Bacterial isolation from pus swabs
| Organism |
Early and late infection (days) (N=297) |
Total n (%) |
p value |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 – 6 n (%) | 7 – 28 n (%) | |||
|
Staphylococcus aureus |
98 (74.2) |
34 (25.8) |
132(44.4) |
0.616* |
|
Klebsiella species |
61 (79.2) |
16 (20.8) |
77 (25.9) |
|
|
Escherichia coli |
57 (80.3) |
14 (19.7) |
71 (23.9) |
|
|
Staphylococcus epidermidis |
3 (100) |
0 (0) |
3 (1.0) |
|
|
Pseudomonas species |
6 (85.7) |
1 (14.3) |
7 (2.4) |
|
|
Proteus species |
7 (100) |
0 (0) |
7 (2.4) |
|
| Total | 232(78.1) | 65 (21.9) | 297 (100) | |
*Fisher’s exact test.