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Table 1 Organisms Isolated in 117 cases of microbiologically documented Septic Arthritis of the Symphysis Pubis in the Literature

From: Osteomyelitis pubis caused by Kingella kingaein an adult patient: Report of the first case

Organism

No. of Isolates (%)

Staphylococcus aureus

41 (35.04)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

24 (20.51)

Polymicrobial

21 (17.94)

Miscellaneous *

10 (8.54)

Escherichia coli

5 (4.27)

Enterococcus sp.

5 (4.27)

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

4 (3.41)

Streptococcus **

4 (3.41)

Coagulase negative staphylococci ***

3 (2.56)

  1. * Miscellaneous organisms included Serratia marescens, Brucella melitensis, Bacteroides fragilis, Fusobacterium necrophorum, Citrobacter sp., Peptostreptococcus sp, Lactobacillus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Corynebacterium accolens, Actinomyces meyeri (1 patient each).
  2. ** Streptococci were two Streptococcus pneumoniae and two Streptococcus agalictiae.
  3. *** One Staphylococcus saprophyticus and two Staphylococcus epidermidis.