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Table 3 Distribution of pathogenic bacteria in diabetic foot ulcer patients with necrotizing fasciitis

From: Distribution and drug sensitivity of pathogenic bacteria in diabetic foot ulcer patients with necrotizing fasciitis at a diabetic foot center in China

Pathogens

Number (%)

Positive specimens

94 (93.1%)

No. of isolates

124

Mean no. of isolates per specimen

1.23

MDR

35 (28.2%)

Monomicrobial infection

67 (66.3%)

Polymicrobial infection

27 (26.7%)

Gram-positive bacteria

76 (61.3%)

Staphylococcus aureus

20 (16.1%)

MRSA

5 (4.0%)

Coagulase-negative staphylococci

7 (5.6%)

Staphylococcus haemolyticus

1 (0.8%)

Streptococcus

22 (17.7%)

Enterococcus

23 (18.5%)

Enterococcus faecalis

18 (14.5%)

Other Gram-positive bacteria

3 (2.4%)

Gram-negative bacteriaa

42 (33.9%)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

5 (4.0%)

Klebsiella pneumoniae

5 (4.0%)

Proteus mirabilis

5 (4.0%)

Morganella morganii

4 (3.2%)

Escherichia coli

3 (2.4%)

Proteus penneri

3 (2.4%)

Enterobacter cloacae

3 (2.4%)

Acinetobacter baumannii

2 (1.6%)

Raoultella ornithinolytica

2 (1.6%)

klebsiella oxytoca

2 (1.6%)

Other Gram-negative bacteriab

8 (6.5%)

Fungus

6 (4.8%)

Candida glabrata

3 (2.4%)

Candida albicans

1 (0.8%)

Candida parapsilosis

1 (0.8%)

Candida tropicalis

1 (0.8%)

  1. aOther Gram-positive bacteria refers to 2 strains of Arcanobacterium haemolyticum and 1 strain of Corynebacterium striatum
  2. bOther Gram-negative bacteria refers to Citrobacter braakii, Proteus hauseri, Alcaligenes faecalis, Citrobacter freundii, Citrobacter koseri, Proteus vulgaris, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Serratia marcescens, each of which had one strain