|
Variable
|
Bone Specimens
|
Non-bone Specimens
|
Concordance:
|
|---|
| |
(n = 68)
|
(n = 57)
|
# Patients (%)
|
|---|
|
Negative cultures
|
3
|
7
|
1 of 3 (33)
|
|
Monomicrobial cultures
|
29
|
32
|
11 of 29 (38)
|
|
Polymicrobial cultures
|
18
|
11
|
2 of 18 (11)
|
|
Staphylococcus aureus
|
21
|
20
|
8 of 21 (38)
|
|
Other Gram-positive cocci
|
19
|
9
|
4 of 19 (21)
|
|
All Gram-positive cocci
*
|
40
|
29
|
11 of 40 (28)
|
|
Enterobacteriaceae
|
11
|
13
|
1 of 11 (9)
|
|
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
|
8
|
10
|
2 of 8 (25)
|
|
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus
|
5
|
4
|
0 of 5 (0)
|
|
Other Gram-negative bacilli
|
3
|
1
|
0 of 3 (0)
|
|
All Gram-negative bacilli
|
27
|
28
|
3 of 27 (11)
|
|
Mycobacterium spp.
|
1
|
0
|
0 of 1 (0)
|
|
All bacteria
|
68
|
57
|
14 of 50 (28)
|
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* One patient had polymicrobial COM caused by Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus agalactie
