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Table 2 Microbiology of blood culture

From: Staphylococcus aureus and repeat bacteremia in febrile patients as early signs of sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery

 

n (%)

Negative

77 (68.8)

Positive

35 (31.2)

  Staphylococcus aureus

18 (16.0)

  Methicillin-sensitive

8 (7.1)

  Methicillin-resistant

10 (8.9)

  CNS

7 (6.3)

  Enterococcus spp.

2 (1.8)

  Escherichia coli

2 (1.8)

  Bacillus spp.

2 (1.8)

  Anaerobes

2 (1.8)

Others

2 (1.8)

  1. CNS, Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus.