Table 1.
Microorganism | Preoperative Culture (N=38) |
Intraoperative Culture on DOS Explant (N=52) |
Intraoperative Culture on Replant/Revision (N=51) |
---|---|---|---|
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
E. coli | 0 | 1 (1.9%) | 0 |
Enterococcus | 0 | 3 (5.8%) | 3 (5.9%) |
MSSA | 4 (10.5%) | 3 (5.8%) | 0 |
MRSA | 1 (2.6%) | 5 (9.6%) | 1 (2.0%) |
Streptococcus (other) | 6 (15.8%) | 6 (11.5%) | 0 |
Micrococcus | 1 (2.6%) | 1 (1.9%) | 0 |
Proteus mirabilis | 0 | 1 (1.9%) | 0 |
Corynebacterium | 1 (2.6%) | 1 (1.9%) | 0 |
S. Aureus/Peptosteptococcus | 2 (5.3%) | 0 | 0 |
Streptococcus (b-hemolytic)/S. aureus | 0 | 0 | 1 (2.0%) |
S. Aureus/Propionibacter | 0 | 0 | 1 (2.0%) |
Staph (coagulase neg) | 2 (5.3%) | 6 (11.5%) | 3 (5.9%) |
Bacillus sp. (not anthracis) | 1 (2.6%) | 1 (1.9%) | 1 (2.0%) |
Propionibacter | 3 (7.9%) | 8 (15.4) | 0 |
Pseudomonas | 1 (2.6%) | 0 | 0 |
S. saccharolyticus | 0 | 0 | 1 (2.0%) |
S. aureus/E. coli/Morganella | 0 | 0 | 1 (2.0%) |
No growth | 16 (42.1%) | 16 (30.8%) | 39 (76.5%) |
Missing | 18 (--) | 4 (--) | 5 (--) |
Any S. aureus | 9 (23.7%) | 14 (26.9%) | 7 (13.7%) |