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. 2021 Nov 5;10(21):5180. doi: 10.3390/jcm10215180

Table 3.

Microorganisms identified during resection arthroplasties, reimplantations and re-revision surgeries in successful two-stage procedures (success group) and failed two-stage procedures (failure group).

Success Group Failure Group
Total Res. Arthroplasty n = 37 Reimplantation 37 (100.0%) Res. Arthroplasty n = 20 Re-Rev.
10 (50.0%)
Total microorganisms 64 36 5 19 4
Staphylococcus epidermidis 19 (29.7%) 9 (25.0%) 3 (60.0%) 6 (31.6%) 1 (25.0%)
 MRSE 14 6 2 5 1
 MSSE 5 3 1 1 -
Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) 6 (9.4%) 2 (5.6%) - 4 (21.1%) -
Cutibacterium spp. 6 (9.4%) 3 (8.3%) 1 (20.0%) 1 (5.3%) 1 (25.0%)
Cutibacterium acnes 5 2 1 1 1
Cutibacterium avidum 1 1 - - -
Staphylococcus haemolyticus 4 (6.3%) 3 (8.3%) - 1 (5.3%) -
Enterococcus faecalis 4 (6.3%) 3 (8.3%) - 1 (5.3%) -
Viridans group Streptococci 4 (6.3%) 1 (2.8%) 1 (20.0%) 2 (10.6%) -
Other Gram-positive bacteria 9 (14.1%) 8 (22.2%) - - 1 (25.0%)
Beta hemolytic Streptococci 1 1 - - -
Staphylococcus lugdunensis 1 1 - - -
Staphylococcus capitis 1 - - - 1
Staphylococcus hominis 1 1 - - -
Staphylococcus canis 1 1 - - -
Clostridium perfringens 1 1 - - -
Micrococcus luteus 1 1 - - -
Kocuria rhizophila 1 1 - - -
Lactobacillus spp. 1 1 - - -
Gram-negative bacteria 9 (14.1%) 6 (16.6%) - 3 (15.9%) -
Enterobacter cloacae 1 1 - - -
Escherichia coli 2 2 - - -
Citrobacter koseri 2 1 - 1 -
Pseudomonas aeruginosa 2 1 - 1 -
Moraxella osloensis 1 1 - - -
Bacteroides fragilis 1 - - 1 -
Candida spp. 3 (4.7%) 1 (2.8%) - 1 (5.3%) 1 (25.0%)
Candida parapsilosis 1 1 - - -
Candida albicans 2 - - 1 1

MRSE, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis; MSSE, methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus epidermidis; MSSA, methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus.