Clinical Study

Two-Stage Revision Arthroplasty for Periprosthetic Hip Infection: Mean Follow-Up of Ten Years

Table 3

Microbiologic laboratory data.

PathogensNumber (%) of episodes

Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus 19 (11.5%)
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus 15 (9.1%)
Coagulase-negative staphylococci36 (21.9%)

Gram-negative bacilli
Escherichia coli 7 (4.2%)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4 (2.4%)
Klebsiella pneumoniae 3 (1.8%)
Salmonella 2 (1.2%)
Serratia marcescens 2 (1.2%)
Morganella morganii 1 (0.6%)
Aeromonas hydrophila 1 (0.6%)
Acinetobacter baumannii 1 (0.6%)

Anaerobes
Peptostreptococcus 4 (2.4%)
Enterococcus faecalis 4 (2.4%)
Propionibacterium acnes 3 (1.8%)

β-streptococcus group B3 (1.8%)
Viridans streptococcus 3 (1.8%)
Streptococcus pneumoniae 1 (0.6%)
Staphylococcus epidermidis 1 (0.6%)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex1 (0.6%)
No growth46 (29.3%)