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From: Bacterial contamination of suction catheter tips during aortic valve replacement surgery: a prospective observational cohort study

Figure 2

Identification of the suction catheter tip contaminating bacteria for the first part (A) and the second part (B) of the aortic valve replacement operations. If a suction catheter tip was contaminated by more than one species of bacteria, they are represented as multiple counts in the figure. CoNS; coagulase-negative staphylococci. S. Aureus; Staphylococcus Aureus, AGPR; Anaerobic gram-positive rods, P. Acnes; Propionibacterium Acnes, Diph. Rods; Diphteroid gram-positive rods.

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Patient Safety in Surgery

ISSN: 1754-9493