Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 2 Intraoperative microbial culture results from first surgery
|  | Successful treatment group (n = 103) | Early septic failure group (n = 48) | P |
|---|---|---|---|
No growth | 39 (37.9%) | 14 (29.2%) | 0.297 |
Methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative Staphylococcus species | 10 (9.7%) | 3 (6.3%) | 0.480 |
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus | 8 (7.8%) | 6 (12.5%) | 0.350 |
Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus | 12 (11.7%) | 5 (10.4%) | 0.823 |
Enterococcus species | 9 (8.7%) | 1 (2.1%) | 0.126 |
Streptococcus species | 7 (6.8%) | 2 (4.2%) | 0.525 |
Other Staphylococcus species | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 0.493 |
Corynebacterium species | 1 (1%) | 1 (2.1%) | 0.578 |
Pseudomonas | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 0.493 |
Mycobacterium species | 1 (1%) | 2 (4.2%) | 0.190 |
Fungus | 2 (1.9%) | 3 (6.3%) | 0.168 |
Polymicrobial organism | 12 (11.7%) | 11 (22.9%) | 0.008 |