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Table 2 Summary of microbiology

From: Prognostic factors and monomicrobial necrotizing fasciitis: gram-positive versus gram-negative pathogens

 

Gram positive pathogen (n = 11)

Staphylococcus aureus

6(54.5%)

   MSSA

4

   MRSA

2

Streptococcus sp.

 

   Alpha-hemolytic

1(9.1%)

   S. viridans

1

   Beta-hemolytic

4(36.3%)

   S. pyogenes

1

   Group B streptoccus

3

 

Gram negative pathogen (n = 35)

Vibrio spp.

23(66%)

   Vibrio vulnificus

20

   Vibrio parahaemolyticus

2

   Vibrio cholerae non-O1

1

Aeromonas spp.

8(23%)

   Aeromonas hydrophila

6

   Aeromonas sobria

1

   Aeromonas caviae

1

Kleb.pneumoniae

1

E. Coli

1

Pseudomonas Stutzeri

1

Anaerobes

 

   Prevotella spp.

1

  1. Data are presented as frequency (%)
  2. MRSA: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  3. MSSA: Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus
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