Microorganisms involved in deep neck infection (DNIs) in Greece: detection, identification and susceptibility to antimicrobials

Table 5 Detection of the bacterial species involved in DNIs of adults and children (in 3 cultures two different bacteria species were isolated)

	Culture	Culture + 16SrRNA	16SrRNA
Aerobic Bacteria	237	143	3^a
a. Gram-positive	226	137
1. Streptococcus pyogenes	117	69
2. Staphylococcus aureus (2 MRSA)	69	50
3. Streptococcus group C	24	13
4. Streptococcus anginosus	12	5
5. Streptococcus constellatus subsp. pharynges	2
6. Streptococcus sanguinis	1
7. Staphylococcus epidermidis	1
8. Brucella melitensis			2^a
9. Mycobacteriun avium			1^a
b. Gram-negative	11	6	–
1. Klebsiella pneumoniae	3	3
2. Pseudomonas aeruginosa	3	3
3. Providencia stuartii	2
4. Proteus mirabilis	2
5. Serratia liquefaciens	1
Anaerobic Bacteria	21	7	19^a
a. Gram-positive	7	0	11^a
1. Parvimonas micra	5
2. Clostridium bifermentans	2
3. Actinomyces israelii			11^a
b. Gram-negative	14	7	8^a
1. Prevotella melaninogenica	7	4
2. Fusobacterium nucleatum	7	3
3. Fusobacterium necrophorim			8^a

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