Table 1.

Organisms cultured from surgical site infections after deep brain stimulator implantation

SSI organism	N (%)	Days to SSI
MSSA	6 (37.5%)
MSSA alone	4 (25.0%)	51, 56, 97, 119
MSSA, Propionibacterium acnes	1 (6.3%)	156
MSSA, GPR suggestive of diphtheroids	1 (6.3%)	76
P. acnes	6 (37.5%)
P. acnes alone	1 (6.3%)	32
P. acnes, GPR suggestive of diphtheroids	1 (6.3%)	207
P. acnes, Pseudomonas aeruginosa	1 (6.3%)	30
P. acnes, methicillin-resistant CoNS, Staphylococcus epidermidis	1 (6.3%)	195
P. acnes, Enterobacter cloacae	1 (6.3%)	114
P. acnes, Staphylococcus lugdunensis	1 (6.3%)	244
Gram-positive cocci	1 (6.3%)	36
Methicillin-resistant S. epidermidis	1 (6.3%)	82
Serratia marcescens	1 (6.3%)	38
Mixed skin flora	1 (6.3%)	50
All infections	16 (100%)	30 – 244

CoNS: coagulase-negative staphylococci; GPR: gram-positive rods; MSSA: methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus