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Table 3 Bacterial species from necrotizing fasciitis patients

From: Bacteriology and mortality of necrotizing fasciitis in a tertiary coastal hospital with comparing risk indicators of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Vibrio vulnificus infections: a prospective study

Isolated bacteria

No. of patients (%)

Dead patients

Survival patients

Mortality rate of pathogen (%)

Variable (%)

(N = 184)

   

Monomicrobial infection

108 (58.7%)

13

95

12

Gram-positive aerobic pathogens

48 (44.4%)

3

45

6.25

 Staphylococcus aureus

31 (64.6)

2

29

6.5

  MRSA

16

1

15

6.3

   MSSA

15

1

14

6.7

 Viridans streptococci

2 (4.2)

0

2

0

 Coagulase negative  Staphylococcus

3 (6.2)

0

3

0

 β-hemolytic streptococcus

12 (25)

1

11

8.3

  Group non-ABD

4

1

3

25

  Group B

4

0

4

0

  Group A

2

0

2

0

  S. dysgalactiae

1

0

1

0

  S. equisimilis

1

0

1

0

Gram-negative aerobic pathogens

60 (55.6%)

10

50

16.7

 Vibrio vulnificus

40 (66.6)

4

36

10

 Aeromonas spp

11 (18.3)

5

6

45.5

 Pseudomonas aeruginosa

5 (8.3)

1

4

20

 Enterobacter cloacae

1 (1.7)

0

1

0

 E. coli

1 (1.7)

0

1

0

 Klebsiella pneumoniae

1 (1.7)

0

1

0

 Shewanella putrefaciens

1 (1.7)

0

1

0

Polymicrobial infection

22 (12.0%)

3

19

13.6

No growth

54 (29.3%)

4

50

7.4

Total

184

20

164

10.9