Micrococcus

The organisms detected in the participants were coagulase positive and coagulase negative Staphylococcus aureus , Viridans streptococci, diphtheroids, micrococci, bacteroides, and Klebsiella spp.

corynebacteria other than Corynebacterium diphtheriae), micrococci (which include the staphylococci such as Staphylococcus epidermidis), streptococci (either alpha ([alpha]) or gamma ([gamma]) hemolytic), and the enterococci.[R] Besides bacteria the skin also is the home to yeast (like Candida spp.) and fungi.

However, the large number of coagulase-negative staphylococci and micrococci isolated may suggest contamination by personnel, as these are common skin commensals.

Results: The analysis of the culture showed that 41% were cultured positive with gram positive bacteria Staphylococcus aureus 52.5% and Staphylococcus epidermidis 30.1% and Micrococci 8.3%.

In this study, stainless steel particles in the knee did not appear to increase susceptibility to infection from injected micrococci but did make established micrococcal infections more persistent [22].

They observed that coagulase negative staphylococci and micrococci dominate the skin surface.

Micrococci were enumerated on mannitol salt agar (MSA, LuQiao, Beijing, China) after incubation at 37[degrees]C for 48 h.