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Table 3 Periprosthetic joint infectionsā€”causative organisms

From: Efficacy of mupirocin, neomycin and octenidine for nasal Staphylococcus aureus decolonisation: a retrospective cohort study

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Group 1 (mupirocin)

Group 2 (octenidine)

Group 3 (neomycin)

Group 4

Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA)

2

3

1

3

Staphylococcus epidermidis

1

0

2

1

Escherichia coli

1

0

2

1

Proteus mirabilis

0

0

0

1

Staphylococcus lugdunensis

0

0

1

0

Corynebacterium striatum

0

0

1

0

Streptococcus dysgalactiae

0

0

1

0

Morganella morganii

1

0

0

0

Multi-organism

1

0

0

3 (1 included MSSA)

No growth

0

0

0

3