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Table 4 Distribution of pathogens in polymicrobial infections

From: Different microbial and resistance patterns in primary total knee arthroplasty infections – a report on 283 patients from Lithuania and Sweden

Pathogen

SKAR

LAR

n = 74

n = 11

Aerobic Gram-positive, n (%)

Staphylococcus aureus

15 (20.2)

2 (18.1)

Staphylococcus epidermidis

13 (17.5)

2 (18.1)

Staphylococcus lugdunensis

3 (4)

1 (9)

Staphylococcus capitis

6 (8.1)

0

Staphylococcus caprae

2 (2.7)

0

Staphylococcus hominis

1 (1.3)

0

 Other CoNS

0

1 (9)

Enterococcus faecalis

9 (12.1)

0

Staphylococcus spp.

2 (2.7)

0

Streptococcus mitis

1(1.3)

0

Streptococcus agalactiae

2 (2.7)

0

 β-Streptococcus group C-G

1 (1.3)

0

 Group B streptococci

1 (1.3)

0

 Group A streptococci

1 (1.3)

0

Streptococcus oralis

0

1 (9)

Aerobic Gram-negative, n (%)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

3 (4)

0

Escherichia coli

1 (1.3)

0

Serratia marcescens

1 (1.3)

0

Klebsiella pneumoniae

2 (2.7)

0

Enterobacter ludwigzi

1 (1.3)

0

Morgenella morgani

1 (1.3)

0

Enterobacter aerogenes

2 (2.7)

0

Citrobacter koserii

1 (1.3)

0

Proteus mirabilis

0

1 (9)

Anaerobes, n (%)

  

Cutibacterium acnes

1 (1.3)

0

Finegoldia magna

1 (1.3)

0

Peptostreptococcus spp.

0

1 (9)

Other, n (%)

Granulicatella adiacens

3 (4)

1 (9)

Moraxella osloensis

0

1 (9)

Total

74

11