Table 1.
Groups of microorganisms and their respective prevalences. FRI, fracture-related infection; PFRI, possible fracture-related infection; PTC, peri-implant tissue culture; SFC, sonicate fluid culture
| Group | Prevalence | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRI | PFRI | Overall | |||||
| SFC | PTC | SFC | PTC | SFC | PTC | ||
| CoNS | Coagulase-negative staphylococci | 24 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 42 | 30 |
| MSSA | Methicillin-susceptible S. aureus | 34 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 29 |
| MRSA | Methicillin-resistant S. aureus | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| GNB | Gram-negative bacillia | 24 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 26 |
| ENT | Enterococci | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| STR | Streptococci | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| ANAER | Anaerobesb | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 |
| OTH | Other microorganismsc | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 17 |
| Total | 107 | 113 | 35 | 18 | 142 | 131 | |
aIncluding E. coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterobacter cloacae complex, Serratia marcescens, Proteus spp. (=species), Citrobacter spp.
bIncluding Cutibacterium spp. and Finegoldia magna
cIncluding Fungi, Corynebact. spp., and others