Research Article
Microbial Biofilms and Breast Tissue Expanders
Table 1
Culture results among subjects with a clinical diagnosis of infection.
| Sample-patient ID | Sonicate fluid culture (cfu/10 mL) | Tissue culture (number positive/number taken) | Swab culture (number positive/number taken) | Fluid culture (number positive/number taken) |
| 1-1 | 20–50 coagulase-negative Staphylococcus sp. | Negative (0/3)* | Negative (0/1)** | Negative (0/3)* |
| 85-51 | 20–50 coagulase-negative Staphylococcus sp., >100 Propionibacterium acnes | Negative (0/1)** | Not done | Negative (0/1)* |
| 155-93 | Negative | Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus sp. (2/2)** | Negative (0/1)** | Not done | 156-93 | 20–50 coagulase-negative Staphylococcus sp. | Negative (0/3)** | Negative (0/1)** | Not Done |
| 177-106 | 51–100 Serratia marcescens | Negative (0/1)** | S. marcescens (1/1)** | S. marcescens (1/1)** |
| 196-119 | 51–100 coagulase-negative Staphylococcus sp. | Negative (0/2)* | Not done | Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus sp. (1/1)* |
| 309-185 | 20–50 Staphylococcus aureus | S. aureus (1/1)** | Not done | Not done |
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Aerobic and anaerobic cultures.
**Aerobic culture only.
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