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Table 3 Causative organisms in the culture-positive group

From: Clinical outcomes of two-stage revision for chronic periprosthetic joint infection of the knee: culture-negative versus culture-positive

Organism

N

Percentage

S. aureus

25 (18 methicillin-resistant)

31.6% (22.8%)

Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus

15 (7 methicillin-resistant)

19.0% (8.9%)

E. coli

8

10.1%

Enterococcus

7

8.9%

P. aeruginosa

6

7.6%

S. agalactiae

6

7.6%

Fungus (C. albicans, C. parapsilosis)

4

5.1%

C. minutissimum

3

3.8%

Other organisms

5

6.3%