Table 2. Microbiology Results from gram stain microscopy and culture.

Organism	n	(%)
Gram Stain (n / 38)
No organisms seen	25	(65.8)
Gram-positive cocci*	1	(2.6)
Gram-negative rods	1	(2.6)
Candida	2	(5.3)
Filamentary Fungi	10	(23.7)
Culture (n / 57)
No Growth	26	(45.6)
Streptococcus pneumoniae	1	(1.7)
Viridans group Streptococci	2	(3.5)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	3	(5.3)
Staphylococcus epidermidis	8	(14.1)
Bacillus spp.	1	(1.7)
Candida spp.	2	(3.5)
Filamentary fungi	14	(24.6)

^*One specimen had both gram-positive cocci and filamentary fungi present on gram staining.