Table 4

Organisms isolated from culture confirmed cases

OrganismNumber
Staphylococcus aureus 114
Coagulase negative staphylococci22
Streptococci15
Enterococci7
Other Gram positive organisms6
Enterobacteriaceae17
Non-fermentative Gram negative organisms28
Other Gram negative organisms7
Clostridia4
Other anaerobes1
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 52
Polymicrobial17
Nocardia asteroides 1
Total291