Table 1.

Organisms Isolated in 117 cases of microbiologically documented Septic Arthritis of the Symphysis Pubis in the Literature

Organism	No. of Isolates (%)
Staphylococcus aureus	41 (35.04)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	24 (20.51)
Polymicrobial	21 (17.94)
Miscellaneous *	10 (8.54)
Escherichia coli	5 (4.27)
Enterococcussp.	5 (4.27)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis	4 (3.41)
Streptococcus**	4 (3.41)
Coagulase negative staphylococci ***	3 (2.56)

* Miscellaneous organisms included Serratia marescens, Brucella melitensis, Bacteroides fragilis, Fusobacterium necrophorum, Citrobacter sp., Peptostreptococcus sp, Lactobacillus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Corynebacterium accolens, Actinomyces meyeri (1 patient each).

** Streptococci were two Streptococcus pneumoniae and two Streptococcus agalictiae.

*** One Staphylococcus saprophyticus and two Staphylococcus epidermidis.