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Table 3 Bacterial species detected following culture after surgery of 103 patients with atrophic nonunion

From: Induced membrane technique versus one-stage autografting in management of atrophic nonunion of long bone in the lower limb: clinical and health burden outcomes

Species

Total (N = 103)

Patients treated with two-stage IMT (N = 41)

Patients treated with one-stage autograft (N = 62)

P value

Total

17 (16.5)

6 (14.6)

11 (17.7)

0.79

Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus spp.

8 (7.77)

3 (7.32)

5 (8.1)

 

Propionibacterium acnes

2 (1.94)

–

2 (3.2)

 

Enterococcus faecalis

2 (1.94)

1 (2.44)

1 (1.6)

 

Bacillus spp.

2 (1.94)

1 (2.44)

1 (1.6)

 

Sporolactobacillus laevolacticus

1 (0.97)

–

1 (1.6)

 

Delftia acidovorans

1 (0.97)

–

1 (1.6)

 
  1. IMT, induced membrane technique
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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

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