Table 1: Distribution of microorganism isolated from the hip at different time frames.

Microorganism Preoperative
Culture (N=38)
Intraoperative Culture on
DOS Explant (N=52)
Intraoperative Culture on
Replant/Revision (N=51)
N (%) N (%) N (%)
E. coli 0 1 (1.9%) 0
Enterococcus 0 3 (5.8%) 3 (5.9%)
MSSA 4 (10.5%) 3 (5.8%) 0
MRSA 1 (2.6%) 5 (9.6%) 1 (2.0%)
Streptococcus (other) 6 (15.8%) 6 (11.5%) 0
Micrococcus 1 (2.6%) 1 (1.9%) 0
Proteus mirabilis 0 1 (1.9%) 0
Corynebacterium 1 (2.6%) 1 (1.9%) 0
S. Aureus/Peptosteptococcus 2 (5.3%) 0 0
Streptococcus (b-hemolytic)/S. aureus 0 0 1 (2.0%)
S. Aureus/Propionibacter 0 0 1 (2.0%)
Staph (coagulase neg) 2 (5.3%) 6 (11.5%) 3 (5.9%)
Bacillus sp. (not anthracis) 1 (2.6%) 1 (1.9%) 1 (2.0%)
Propionibacter 3 (7.9%) 8 (15.4) 0
Pseudomonas 1 (2.6%) 0 0
S. saccharolyticus 0 0 1 (2.0%)
S. aureus/E. coli/Morganella 0 0 1 (2.0%)
No growth 16 (42.1%) 16 (30.8%) 39 (76.5%)
Missing 18 (--) 4 (--) 5 (--)
Any S. aureus 9 (23.7%) 14 (26.9%) 7 (13.7%)