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Table 1 Summary of microbiology

From: Predictors for gram-negative monomicrobial necrotizing fasciitis in southern Taiwan

Identified infectious microorganisms

Total No. (%)

Gram-negative pathogens

55 (55)

 Vibrio spp.

38 (38)

  Vibrio vulnificus

37

  Vibrio cholerae non-O1

1

 Aeromonas spp.

10 (10)

  Aeromonas hydrophila

9

  Aeromonas sobria

1

 Pseudomonas aeruginosa

2 (2)

 Enterobacter cloacae

2 (2)

 Shewanella putrefaciens

1 (1)

 Escherichia coli

1 (1)

 Klebsiella pneumoniae

1 (1)

Gram-positive pathogens

45 (45)

 Staphylococcus spp.

30 (30)

  MRSAa

15

  MSSAb

13

  Coagulase-negative staphylcoccus

2

 β-hemolytic Streptococcus

14 (14)

  Streptococcus Group Non ABD

4

  Streptococcus pyogenes

2

  Streptococcus agalactiae

2

  Streptococcus equisimilis

2

  Streptococcus dysgalactiae

1

  Streptococcus like

3

 Peptostreptococcus sp

1 (1)

Total

100 (100)

  1. Abbreviations: aMRSA Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, bMSSA Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus