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Table 2 Microorganisms identified in soft-tissue samples

From: Two-stage hip revision arthroplasty with a hexagonal modular cementless stem in cases of periprosthetic infection

Microorganism

Patients (n)

Staphylococcus aureus

13*

Staphylococcus epidermidis

12

Enterococcus faecalis

3

Streptococcus gallolyticus

2

Corynebacterium

2

Escherichia coli

2

Staphylococcus haemolyticus

2

Enterobacter cloacae

1

Neisseria species

1

Micrococcus luteus

1

Serratia marcescens

1

Staphylococcus capitis

1

Staphylococcus cohnii species

1

Staphylococcus hominis

1

Staphylococcus warneri

1

Streptococcus agalactiae

1

Streptococcus bovis

1

Streptococcus pluranimalium

1

Peptococcus species

1

Propionibacterium species

1

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

1

Sterile

7

Patients with two species

6

Patients with eight species

1

  1. *Two were methicillin-resistant.