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Table 2 Bacterial species detected in the included studies

From: Is combining serum interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein a reliable diagnostic tool in periprosthetic joint infections?

Reference

Infected cases

Pathogenic bacteria (numbers)

1

11

Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (4)

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (3)

Staphylococcus epidermidis (2)

Staphylococcus viridans (1)

Enterococcus faecalis (1)

2

21

Staphylococcus aureus (7)

Polymicrobial infection (5)

Staphylococcus epidermidis (3)

Enterococcus faecalis (2)

Acinetobacter (1)

Escherichia coli (1)

Streptococcus agalactiae (1)

Streptococcus pyogenes (1)

3

45

Staphylococcus aureus (24)

Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (9)

Staphylococcus epidermidis (6)

Acinetobacter spp. (3)

Enterococcus faecalis (3)

4

11

Staphylococcus aureus (5)

Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (3)

Enterococci (1)

Escherichia coli (1)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa (1)

5

32

Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (9)

Streptococcus species (5)

Coagulase-negative Staphylococci (4)

Cutibacterium acnes (4)

Corynebacterium spp. (3)

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (2)

Enterococci (2)

Candida albicans (2)

Others (1)

6

55

Staphylococci (30)

Culture-negative infection (16)

Streptococci (8)

Polymicrobial infection (1)

7

20

Staphylococcus epidermidis (8)

Cutibacterium acnes (3)

Culture-negative infection (3)

Staphylococcus capitis (2)

Staphylococcus haemolyticus (1)

Polymicrobial infection (1)

Staphylococcus auricularis (1)

Micrococcus luteus (1)