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. 2020 May 1;8(5):661. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8050661

Table 7.

Studies specifically assessing S. aureus.

Author and Year of Publication Positive Assessment of S. aureus [%] n
Cultivation-based assessment
Charalampakis et al., 2012 [53] PI 8.9 281
Leonhardt et al., 1999 [67] PI 0 37
HI 0 51
Leonhardt et al., 2003 [68] PI 11 9
Passariello et al., 2012 [74] PI 18.75% 62.5
PCR-based assessment
Zhuang et al., 2016 [92] PI 77.3 22
HI 72.7 22
PER 68.2 22

PI—implants with peri-implantitis, HI—healthy implants, PER—teeth with periodontitis, spp.—species, n—number of samples assessed for the respective study.