Table 2

Microbiological contaminations of deswelling media (n=4/206)

Isolated micro-organismTime between inoculation and positive control (days)Sensitivity of micro-organisms to the anti-infectious agents present in medium
Bactec aerobic bottleBactec anaerobic bottleSabouraud brothPenicillin GStreptomycinAmphotericin BPostoperative infectious complications
Staphylococcus aureus 2RSRNo
Coagulase negative staphylococcus11RRRNo
Coagulase negative staphylococcus11RRRNo
Rhodotorulaspp6RRSNo
  • − = No micro-organism growth, R = resistant, S = sensitive.