Table 3.

Causative microorganisms’ profiles.

Microorganisms	DM (72)	Without DM (340)	p
Staphylococcus aureus	41.7% (30)	27.9% (95)	0.021
Coagulase-negative Staphylococci	8.3% (6)	4.1% (14)	0.131
Staphylococcus epidermis	1.4% (2)	4.7% (16)	0.467
Viridans streptococci	27.8% (20)	36.2% (123)	0.174
Other Streptococci spp.	8.3% (6)	7.4% (25)	0.775
Enterococcus spp.	2.8% (2)	6.2% (21)	0.254
Gram-negative bacteria	0% (0)	1.2% (4)	0.355
Fungus	0% (0)	0.3% (1)	0.645
Other microorganisms	1.4% (1)	1.5% (5)	0.958
No microorganism identified	6.9% (5)	10.6% (36)	0.348