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Table 3 Microbiological findings

From: DAIR (Debridement, Antibiotics and Implant Retention) less effective in hematogenous total knee arthroplasty infections

 

n

Success (n = 20)

Failure (n = 6)

p value

GNB

6

67%

33%

0.60

CoNS

5

60%

40%

0.56

S. aureus

3

33%

67%

0.12

Streptococcus

3

100%

0

0.31

Polymicrobial

1

100%

0

0.58

Anaerobe

1

100%

0

0.58

Negative cultures

7

100%

0

0.15

  1. CoNS coagulase-negative staphylococci, GNB gram-negative bacilli