Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Pathogens | Monomicrobial infection n (%) | Polymicrobial infection n (%) | p value |
---|---|---|---|
All Gram-positive | 116 (85.9) | 101 (74.3) | 0.02 |
S. aureus/MRSA | 71/6* (52.5/8.5*) | 34/7* (25/20.6*) | <0.01/0.11 |
S. epidermidis/MRSE | 37/9** (20.1/24.3**) | 38/12** (27.9/31.6**) | 0.15/1.0 |
Other CNS | 4 (3.0) | 9 (6.6) | 1.0 |
Enterococcus sp. | 6 (4.4) | 11 (8.1) | 1.0 |
Streptoccus spp. | 4 (3.0) | 6 (4.4) | 1.0 |
Propionibacterium acnes | 2 (1.5) | 6 (4.4) | 0.71 |
Corynebacterium spp | 2 (1.5) | 3 (2.2) | 1.0 |
Other Gram-positive | 4 (3.0) | 3 (2.2) | 0.41 |
All Gram-negative | 19 (14.1) | 35 (25.7) | 0.02 |
Enterobacteriaceae | 7 (5.1) | 13 (9.6) | 0.16 |
Escherichia coli | 3 (2.2) | 6 (4.4) | 0.31 |
Klebsiella pneumoniae | 1 (0.7) | 2 (1.5) | 0.6 |
Klebsiella pneumoniae (ESBLs) | 1 (0.7) | 3 (2.2) | 0.35 |
Enterobacter cloacae | 2 (1.5) | 2 (1.5) | 1.0 |
Serratia marcescens | 2 (1.5) | 1 (0.7) | 1.0 |
Providencia sp. | 0 | 1 (0.7) | 0.47 |
Aeromonas sp. | 0 | 1 (0.7) | 0.47 |
Alcaligenes sp. | 0 | 1 (0.7) | 0.47 |
Acinetobacter sp. | 3 (2.2) | 10 (7.4) | 0.045 |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 5 (3.7) | 7 (5.1) | 0.56 |
Stenotrophomonas | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.7) | 1.0 |
Actinobacillus | 1 (0.7) | 0 | 1.0 |
Candida sp. | 0 | 1 (0.7) | 0.47 |
Total | 135 | 136 |