Patient # |
Total Colony Count
(CFU/ml) in
Sonication Cultures |
Microbial Isolates |
Antibiotic Therapy |
Outcome |
1 |
1200 |
S. aureus S. epidermidis (2 different
strains) |
Yes |
Improvement |
2 |
|
|
No |
Improvement |
3 |
50000 |
S. paucimobilis |
No |
Improvement |
4 |
60000 |
S. aureus, S. epidermidis, S. warneri |
Yes |
Improvement |
5 |
1000 |
M. fortuitum, Candida parapsilosis |
|
Improvement |
6 |
|
|
Yes |
Improvement |
7 |
100000 |
P. acnes, P. stutzeri |
No |
Improvement |
8 |
|
|
No |
NA |
9 |
|
|
|
NA |
10 |
200 |
S. aureus |
Yes |
NA |
11 |
|
|
No |
Improvement |
12 |
100000 |
E. faecalis, P. prevotii |
Yes |
Improvement |
13 |
|
|
Yes |
NA |
14 |
50000 |
S. epidermidis |
Yes |
Improvement |
15 |
100000 |
P. stuartii, mixed anaerobic microbiota |
Yes |
Improvement |
16 |
|
|
No |
Improvement |
17 |
|
|
Yes |
Persistence of infection |
18 |
1000 |
R. pickettii |
No |
Improvement |
19 |
|
|
No |
Improvement |
20 |
75000 |
S. epidermidis, Micrococcus spp. |
Yes |
Improvement |
21 |
100000 |
Mixed anaerobic microbiota |
Yes |
NA |
22 |
|
|
No |
Improvement |
23 |
|
|
No |
Improvement |
24 |
|
|
Yes |
Persistence of pain |
25 |
|
|
No |
Persistence of pain |
26 |
|
|
No |
Improvement |
27 |
11000 |
Peptostreptococcus spp., P. acnes |
Yes |
Improvement |
28 |
200 |
S. aureus |
Yes |
Improvement |
29 |
|
|
No |
NA |
30 |
|
|
No |
Persistence of pain |
31 |
100000 |
S. milleri, Mixed anaerobic microbiota |
Yes |
NA |