Hyperbaric oxygen therapy as an adjunctive treatment for sternal infection and osteomyelitis after sternotomy and cardiothoracic surgery

Table 2 Causative organisms of patients in HBO2 and control group

		HBO2	Control
Sternal pus/wound	Methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus	0	1
	Methicillin resistent Staphylococcus aureus	5*	4
	Coagulase negative Staphylococcus species	0	1*
	Acinectobacter baumannii	0	1*
	Klebsiella pneumoniae	1*	0
	Escherichia coli	1*	0
	Mycobacterium tuberculosis	1	0
Pleural effusion	Methicillin resistent Staphylococcus aureus	1	2
Blood	Methicillin resistent Staphylococcus aureus	2	3
	Acinectobacter baumannii	0	1*
	Serratia marcescens	0	1*
	Proteus mirabilis	0	1*
	Fungus	0	1*

ISSN: 1749-8090