Table 2.
Culture results from subjects with a reinfection
Joint | Time to reinfection status post-Stage 2 (days) | Treatment | Culture results |
---|---|---|---|
Hip | 9 | Control | 1. Stage 1 culture: Enterococcus faecalis Group D 2. Reinfection culture: coagulase-negative Staphylococcus |
Knee | 10 | ABX: levofloxacin | 1. Stage 1 culture: E coli
2. Reinfection culture: MRSA |
Hip | 16 | Control | 1. Stage 1 Culture: anaerobic Gram-positive cocci 2. Reinfection culture: coagulase-negative staphylococcus |
Hip | 21 | Control | 1. Stage 1 culture: Staphylococcus epidermidis, MSSA 2. Reinfection culture: MSSA |
Knee | 29 | Control | 1. Stage 1 Culture: MSSA Reinfection culture: Serratia marcescens |
Hip | 36 | Control | 1. Stage 1 culture: MSSA 2. Reinfection culture: Escherichia coli, MSSA |
Hip | 40 | Control | 1. Stage 1 culture: MSSA 2. Reinfection culture: Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B) |
Hip | 72 | Control | 1. Stage 1 culture: MSSA 2. Reinfection culture: coagulase-negative Staphylococcus |
Hip | 175 | Control | 1. Stage 1 culture: Proteus mirabilis
2. Reinfection culture: Morganella morganii |
Knee | 347 | ABX: cefadroxil | 1. Stage 1 Culture: coagulase-negative Staphylococcus, Mycoplasma avium complex
2. Reinfection culture: Staphylococcus epidermidis |
Knee | 467 | ABX: cefuroxime | 1. Stage 1 culture: MSSA 2. Reinfection culture: MSSA |
Knee | 468 | Control | 1. Stage 1 culture: Bacterioides fragilis
2. Reinfection culture: Staphylococcus lugdunensis |
ABX = antibiotics; MSSA = methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus; MRSA = methicillin-resistant S aureus.