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Table 2 Organisms found in the first- and second-stage surgery in persistent infection patients

From: Does serum interleukin-6 guide the diagnosis of persistent infection in two-stage hip revision for periprosthetic joint infection?

First-stage culture-positive bacteria

Second-stage culture-positive bacteria

Staphylococcus aureus

Staphylococcus aureus

Staphylococcus aureus

Staphylococcus aureus

Staphylococcus aureus

None

Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis

Moraxella osloensis

Staphylococcus epidermidis

Staphylococcus hominis

Staphylococcus epidermidis

Micrococcus luteus/L

Peptoniphilus asaccharolyticus, Staphylococcus epidermidis

Nocardia

Streptococcus viridans

Staphylococcus epidermidis

Staphylococcus lugdunensis

None

None

Staphylococcus warneri

None

Staphylococcus haemolyticus

None

Staphylococcus epidermidis, Staphylococcus aurantia

None

Staphylococcus hominis

None

None

None

None

None

None