Bacterial species cultured from epidural catheters and skin swabs
| Extracorporeal segment | Skin swab | Subcutaneous segment | Tip segment | |
| Patients positive for bacterial growth, n | ||||
| CNS* | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Micrococcus luteus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Propionibacterium acnes | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Streptococcus spp† | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bacillus spp‡ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Kocuria rhizophila | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Neisseria spp§ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rhodotorula mucilaginosa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Actinomyces oris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
*CNS include S. epidermidis, S. saccharolyticus, S. capitis, S. warneri.
†Streptococcus spp: S. salivarius, S. mitis.
‡Bacillus spp: B. simplex, B. horneckiae, B. licheniformis.
§Neisseria spp: N. perflava, N. flavescens.
CNS, coagulase-negative staphylococci.