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Table 3 Organisms causing the mediastinitis

From: Daptomycin as supportive treatment option in patients developing mediastinitis after open cardiac surgery

Organism associated with mediastinitis

Number (%)

Staphylococcus aureus

8 (38.1)

Gram-positive organisms

5 (23.8)

Enterococcus faecium

3 (14.3)

MRSA

3 (14.3)

No germ isolated

2 (9.5)