Microbial Biofilms and Breast Tissue Expanders

Table 1

Culture results among subjects with a clinical diagnosis of infection.

Sample-patient ID	Sonicate fluid culture; (cfu/10 mL)	Tissue culture; (number positive/number taken)	Swab culture; (number positive/number taken)	Fluid culture; (number positive/number taken)
1-1	20–50 coagulase-negative Staphylococcus sp.	Negative (0/3)*	Negative (0/1)**	Negative (0/3)*
85-51	20–50 coagulase-negative Staphylococcus sp.,; >100 Propionibacterium acnes	Negative (0/1)**	Not done	Negative (0/1)*
155-93	Negative	Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus sp. (2/2)**	Negative (0/1)**	Not done
156-93	20–50 coagulase-negative Staphylococcus sp.	Negative (0/3)**	Negative (0/1)**	Not Done
177-106	51–100 Serratia marcescens	Negative (0/1)**	S. marcescens (1/1)**	S. marcescens (1/1)**
196-119	51–100 coagulase-negative Staphylococcus sp.	Negative (0/2)*	Not done	Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus sp. (1/1)*
309-185	20–50 Staphylococcus aureus	S. aureus (1/1)**	Not done	Not done

∗Aerobic and anaerobic cultures.
**Aerobic culture only.