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Table 4 Frequency of microorganisms yielded from cultures

From: Predisposing factors for recurrence of chronic posttraumatic osteomyelitis: a retrospective observational cohort study from a tertiary referral center in Brazil

Microrganisms

N (%)

Staphylococcus aureus

104 (34.6)

 MRSAa

37 (12.3)

 MSSAb

67 (22.3)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

31 (10.3)

Acinetobacter baumannii

23 (7.6)

Enterococcus sp.

22 (7.3)

Citrobacter sp.

21 (7.0)

Klebsiella pneumoniae

20 (6.6)

CNSc

19 (6.3)

Escherichia coli

14 (4.6)

Proteus sp

14 (4.6)

Candida tropicalis

2 (0.6)

Othersd

30 (10.0)

  1. aMRSA-Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  2. bMSSA- Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus
  3. cCNS-Coagulase-negative Staphylococci
  4. dOthers - Alcaligenes sp., Enterobacter sp., Morganella morganii, Providencia sp., Serratia sp., Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Streptococcus agalactie, Streptococcus viridans