Table 2.

Microbiological diagnosis

Intraoperative tissue
S. aureus (methicillin-susceptible)	55	36.7%
S. aureus (methicillin-resistant)	4	2.7%
S. hominis	1	0.7%
S. epidermidis	26	17.3%
E. faecalis	4	2.7%
E. faecium	3	2.0%
E. coli	7	4.7%
P. aeruginosa	2	1.3%
P. mirabilis	1	0.7%
S. sanguinis	2	1.3%
S. agalactiae	1	0.7%
S. mitis	2	1.3%
M. tuberculosis	8	5.3%
Candida spp.	5	3.3%
Klebsiella spp.	3	2.0%
Other	26	17.3%
Total	150	100.0%
Blood culture
S. aureus (methicillin-susceptible)	35	31.0%
S. aureus (methicillin-resistant)	6	5.3%
S. hominis	1	0.9%
S. epidermidis	26	23.0%
E. faecalis	7	6.2%
E. faecium	4	3.5%
E. coli	8	7.1%
P. mirabilis	3	2.7%
S. agalactiae	2	1.8%
S. mitis	1	0.9%
M. tuberculosis	1	0.9%
Candida spp.	4	3.5%
Other	15	13.3%
Total	113	100.0%