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Table 2 Surveillance cultures from environmental samples and healthcare workers

From: Outbreak investigation of Serratia marcescens neurosurgical site infections associated with a contaminated shaving razors

 

Environment

Healthcare workers

(n = 39)

Total (n = 387)

Surface of sink,

operating room

(n = 22)

Surgical instruments

(n = 296)

Tools for shaving or in the barbershop

(n = 30)

Positive culture (%)

7 (31.8)

10 (3.4)

25 (83.3)

17 (43.6)

59 (15.2)

S. aureus, n (%)

  

2 (6.7)

2 (5.1)

4 (1.0)

CNS, n (%)

2 (9.1)

9 (3.1)

6 (20.0)

 

17 (4.4)

Bacillus spp., n (%)

5 (22.7)

 

1 (3.3)

 

6 (1.6)

Enterococcus spp., n (%)

  

1 (3.3)

 

1 (0.3)

Micrococcus spp., n (%)

 

1 (0.3)

  

1 (0.3)

Klebsiella spp., n (%)

   

14a(35.9)

14 (3.6)

Enterobacter spp., n (%)

  

3 (10.0)

 

3 (0.7)

Raoultella spp. n (%)

  

3 (10.0)

 

3 (0.7)

Escherichia spp. n (%)

   

1 (2.6)

1 (0.3)

Pseudomonas spp.,, n (%)

  

3 (10.0)

 

3 (0.7)

S. marcescens, n (%)

  

6 (20.0)

 

6 (1.6)

  1. CNS Coagulase negative staphylococcus, a 13 Klebsiella aerogenes and 1 Klebsiella pneumoniae