Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 3 Number and frequency of all isolated microorganisms
N | Frequency of isolation (%) | Proportion of all microbes isolated (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Total positive culture results | 180 | 43.9 | 100 |
Cutibacterium acnes | 74 | 18.05 | 41.1 |
Coagulase-negative staphylococci | 96 | 23.41 | 53.3 |
Staph. epidermidis | 75 | 18.29 | 41.7 |
Staph. saccharolyticus | 8 | 1.95 | 4.4 |
Staph. warneri | 4 | 0.98 | 2.2 |
Staph. capitis | 6 | 1.46 | 3.3 |
Staph. hominis | 2 | 0.49 | 1.1 |
Staph. lugdunensis | 1 | 0.24 | 0.5 |
Corynebacterium spp. | 2 | 0.49 | 1.1 |
Alpha-hemolytic streptococci | 2 | 0.49 | 1.1 |
Strept. parasanguinis | 1 | 0.24 | 0.5 |
Strept. mitis | 1 | 0.24 | 0.5 |
Bacillus cereus | 2 | 0.49 | 1.1 |
Staph. aureus | 1 | 0.24 | 0.5 |
Granulicatella adiacens | 1 | 0.24 | 0.5 |
Paenibacillus spp. | 1 | 0.24 | 0.5 |
Lactobacillus spp. | 1 | 0.24 | 0.5 |