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Table 4 Comparison of bacterial cultures from necrotic tissue

From: Risk factors of synchronous multifocal necrotizing fasciitis: a case control study in comparison with monofocal necrotizing fasciitis in Taiwan

 

SMNF (n = 19)

MONF (n = 125)

P

Monomicrobial isolation, No. (%)

18 (94.7)

120 (96)

0.579

 Gram-positive bacteria

3 (16.6)

64 (53.3)

0.005*

 Gram-negative bacteria

15 (83.3)

56 (46.6)

 

Polymicrobial isolation, No. (%)

1 (5.3)

5 (4)

 

A total of bacterial species

   

 Staphylococcus aureus

1

31

 

  Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus

0

16

 

  Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

1

15

 

  Coagulase-negative staphylococcus

1

8

 

 Streptococcus viridans

0

3

 

  Group A β-hemolytic streptococcus

1

26

 

 Enterococcus

0

3

 

 Vibrio spp.

14

37

 

  Vibrio vulnificus

13

36

 

  Vibrio cholerae

1

1

 

 Aeromonas spp.

2

7

 

 Klebsiella spp.

0

5

 

 Pseudomonas aeruginosa

0

2

 

 Morganella morganii

0

3

 

 Proteus

0

2

 

 Escherichia coli

0

1

 

 Klebsiella pneumoniae

1

0

 

 Chryseobacterium spp.

0

1

 

 Shewanella putrefaciens

0

1

 

 Eikenella corrodens

0

1

 
  1. SMNF, synchronous multifocal necrotizing fasciitis, MONF monofocal necrotizing fasciitis; *p < 0.05