Table 5 Microbiological characteristics of surgical site infections.

From: Risk factors for deep surgical site infection after posterior cervical spine surgery in adults: a multicentre observational cohort study

Organism(s)

No. of patients

Staphylococcus aureus

9

Methicillin-resistant CNS

3

MRSA

2

MRSA + Propionibacterium acnes

2

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

2

CNS

1

Propionibacterium acnes

1

CNS + Corynebacterium + Enterococcus

1

Enterobacter

1

Unknown

6

  1. CNS coagulase-negative staphylococci, MRSA methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
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