TABLE 3.
Pretreatment and posttreatment culture results by bacterial species*
| MH (n = 20) | SAL (n = 22) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pretreatment | Posttreatment | Pretreatment | Posttreatment | |
| Staphylococcus | 8 (40) | 6 (30) | 9 (41) | 3 (14) |
| Pseudomonas | 4 (20) | 3 (15) | 4 (18) | 5 (23) |
| Streptococcus | 4 (20) | 2 (10) | 3 (14) | 5 (23) |
| Other gram-positive speciesa | 1 (5) | 1 (5) | 1 (5) | 2 (9) |
| Other gram-negative speciesb | 8 (40) | 7 (35) | 8 (36) | 5 (23) |
*
Values are n (%).
a
Corynebacterium, Microbacterium.
b
Serratia, Bacillus, Haemophilus, Stenotrophomonas, Achromobacter, Moraxella, Acinetobacter, Ochrobactrum, Enterobacter, Pantoea, Citrobacter.