TABLE II.
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.