Table 5.

Microbiology summary of infections

Causative organism	Organism incidence	Antibiotics used
Staphylococcus aureus	6	Flucloxacillin, rifampicin, doxycycline, clindamycin and co-amoxiclav
Enterococcus spp	5	Flucloxacillin, gentamicin, clindamycin, metronidazole, vancomycin, rifampicin and meropenem
Coliform	3	Flucloxacillin, rifampicin, clindamycin, doxycycline and meropenem
MRSA	2	Vancomycin, rifampicin, gentamicin, mupirocin and chlorhexidine
Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus	2	Flucloxacillin, meropenem, vancomycin and metronidazole
Proteus spp	1	Flucloxacillin, piperacillin/tazobactam, vancomycin and rifampicin
Klebsiella pneumoniae	1	Flucloxacillin and rifampicin
Skin flora only	1	Vancomycin, rifampicin, flucloxacillin and fusidic acid
Group A Streptococcus	1	Co-amoxiclav