Table 4.

Culture data for recurrent and non-recurrent groups obtained from initial hospital visit

Patients N = 566	Overall (n, %)	No Recurrence (n, %), N = 447	Recurrence (n, %), N = 119	P-value
Any streptococcus species	203 (35%)	159 (35%)	44 (37%)	0.68
Beta-hemolytic streptococcus group A	51 (9%)	42 (9.4%)	9 (7.6%)	0.61
Beta-hemolytic streptococcus group C	5 (<1%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.8%)	0.72
Streptococcus agalactiae	3 (<1%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.8%)	0.13
Streptococus pneumoniae	3 (<1%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.8%)	0.13
Streptococcus anginosus group	140 (24%)	108 (24%)	32 (27%)	0.51
Fusobacterium necrophorum	176 (31%)	99 (22%)	77 (65%)	<0.00001
Prevotella species	67 (12%)	55 (12%)	12 (10%)	0.52
No growth of organisms	76 (9%)	68 (15%)	8 (7%)	0.005
Fusobacterium nucleatum	27 (5%)	25 (5.6%)	2 (1.7%)	0.14
Staphylococcus aureus	20 (4%)	15 (3.4%)	5 (4.2%)	0.69
Eikenella corrodens	15 (3%)	11 (2.4%)	4 (3.4%)	0.58