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Table 3 Organisms identified as causes of SA

From: Morbimortality in adult patients with septic arthritis: a three-year hospital-based study

Organism

Number (n = 109)

Staphylococcus aureus

54

Staphylococcus coagulase-negative

5

Streptococcus

11

- β-haemolytic streptococci

7

- S. pneumoniae

2

- Other streptococci

2

Enterococcus

1

Pasteurella

7

Coliform bacilli

6

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

3

Other

4

Mixed infections

9

Unknown

9