Increased rate of enteric bacteria as cause of periprosthetic joint infections in patients with liver cirrhosis

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Table 4 Bacterial pathogens in the cirrhosis and a control cohort

Bacterial isolates	Cirrhosis (n = 60)		Control cohort (n = 43)		p
	n	%	n	%
Enterococci and Enterocateriaceae	30	50	7	16	0.0004
Staphylococci	25	42	28	65	0.02
Streptococci	2	3	3	7	0.65

Bacterial pathogens from the major three groups in the cirrhosis cohort compared to control cohort from our university published previously [33]

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