Table 2.

Proportions of isolated pathogens

Pathogen	All episodes (n = 167)
Monomicrobial infection	150 (90)
Coagulase-negative staphylococcia	55 (37)
Staphylococcus aureus	34 (23)
Streptococcus spp.b	21 (14)
Gram-negative rodsc	15 (10)
Enterococcus spp.d	11 (7)
Anaerobese	10 (7)
Other pathogenf	4 (3)
Polymicrobial infection	17 (10)

Data are no. (%) of episodes. The percentages were rounded and may not sum 100%

^aIncluding S. epidermidis (n = 43), S. lugdunensis (n = 6), S. hominis (n = 5), and S. capitis (n = 1)

^bIncluding S. dysgalactiae (n = 9), S. oralis (n = 5), S. agalactiae (n = 4), S. anginosus (n = 1), S. gallolyticus (n = 1), S. sanguinis (n = 1), and S. salivarius (n = 1)

^cIncluding Escherichia coli (n = 8), Enterobacter cloacae (n = 3), Campylobacer coli (n = 1), E. aerogenes (n = 1), Proteus mirabilis (n = 1), and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (n = 1)

^dIncluding Enterococcus faecalis (n = 10) and E. faecium (n = 1)

^eIncluding Cutibacterium acnes (n = 4), Peptostreptococcus micros (n = 2), Bacteroides fragilis (n = 1), Clostridium perfringens (n = 1), C. avidum (n = 1), and Parvimonas micra (n = 1)

^fIncluding Candida albicans (n = 2), C. parapsilosis (n = 1), and Corynebacterium striatum (n = 1)