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. 2020 May 9;5(2):e0062. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.OA.19.00062

TABLE II.

Microorganisms Identified from Tissue Cultures with DAIR*

Microorganism Hips (no.)
Polymicrobial 28
Monomicrobial 47
Staphylococcus aureus 32
Coagulase-negative staphylococci (n = 23)
S. epidermidis 15
S. lugdunensis 5
S. capitis 1
S. haemolyticus 1
S. vitulinus 1
Pseudomonas aeruginosa 8
Enterococcus faecalis 13
E. faecium 1
Enterobacteriaceae (n = 23)
Enterobacter cloacae 9
Proteus mirabilis 6
Escherichia coli 4
Klebsiella pneumoniae 2
Serratia marcescens 1
Citrobacter freundii 1
Granulicatella adiacens 2
Streptococci (n = 6)
 Group B Streptococcus 4
Streptococcus milleri 1
 Group C Streptococcus 1
Corynebacterium spp. 4
Cutibacterium acnes 1
Acinebacter baumannii 1
*

The numbers add up to more than 75 because, in 28 (37%) of the cases, the infection was polymicrobial.