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Table 2 Distribution of isolates by groups and species (n = 371)

From: Bacteriological aspects of chronic osteoarticular infections in adults: the influence of the osteosynthesis material

 

Group A

Group B

Patients without osteosynthesis material (n = 191)

Patients with osteosynthesis material (n = 180)

Gram-positive cocci

 Staphylococci

  Coagulase-negative Staphylococci

41

47

  Staphylococcus aureus

53

32

 Streptococci

  Streptococcus spp.

14

5

  β-hemolytic streptococci

7

3

 Enterococci

  Enterococcus faecalis

14

9

  Enterococcus faecium

1

4

 Others

  Micrococcus spp.

0

2

  Leuconostoc spp.

2

0

Gram-negative bacilli

 Enterobacteriaceae

  Klebsiella pneumoniae

6

12

  Enterobacter cloacae

6

12

  Escherichia coli

8

7

  Proteus mirabilis

2

5

  Klebsiella oxytoca

0

3

  Morganella morganii

2

1

  Citrobacter koseri

2

0

  Citrobacter freundii

1

1

  Salmonella typhimurium

2

0

  Proteus vulgaris

0

1

 Non-fermenting bacteria

  Pseudomonas aeruginosa

11

12

  Acinetobacter baumannii

5

4

  Pseudomonas mendocina

0

2

  Ochrobactrum anthropi

0

2

  Ralstonia pickettii

0

1

  Burkholderia cepacia

0

1

 Others

  Aeromonas hydrophila

1

4

Gram-positive bacilli

 Corynebacterium spp.

7

9

 Bacillus spp.

1

0

 Listeria monocytogenes

0

1

 Actinomyces spp.

1

0

Acid-fast bacilli (of 34 requests)

 Mycobacterium tuberculosis

4

0