Table 1 |
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| Organisms Isolated in 117 cases of microbiologically documented Septic Arthritis of the Symphysis Pubis in the Literature | |
| Organism | No. of Isolates (%) |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 41 (35.04) |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 24 (20.51) |
| Polymicrobial | 21 (17.94) |
| Miscellaneous * | 10 (8.54) |
| Escherichia coli | 5 (4.27) |
| Enterococcussp. | 5 (4.27) |
| Mycobacterium tuberculosis | 4 (3.41) |
| Streptococcus** | 4 (3.41) |
| Coagulase negative staphylococci *** | 3 (2.56) |
* Miscellaneous organisms included Serratia marescens, Brucella melitensis, Bacteroides fragilis, Fusobacterium necrophorum, Citrobacter sp., Peptostreptococcus sp, Lactobacillus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Corynebacterium accolens, Actinomyces meyeri (1 patient each).
** Streptococci were two Streptococcus pneumoniae and two Streptococcus agalictiae.
*** One Staphylococcus saprophyticus and two Staphylococcus epidermidis.
Wilmes et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2012 12:236 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-12-236
