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. 2014 Jun 13;473(1):8–14. doi: 10.1007/s11999-014-3721-8

Table 3.

Microorganisms grown from intraoperative tissue biopsies

Microorganism Number of single-stage revisions Number of two-stage revisions

Staphylococcus aureus

(methicillin-resistant S. aureus)

8

(0)

25

(11)

Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus 11 23
(methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis) (0) (9)
Streptococcus 4 12
Gram-negatives 4 13
Anaerobes 1 7
Candida/Mycobacteria 0 4
Polymicrobial 0 10