Table 2 Pattern of microbial isolates in wound samples
Type of organism | Type of Specimens | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pus swab | Aspirated pus | |||||
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
S. aureus | 58 | 58 | 8 | 50 | 66 | 56.9 |
E. coli | 10 | 10 | – | – | 10 | 8.6 |
P. aeruginosa | 5 | 5 | – | – | 5 | 4.3 |
CoNS | 9 | 9 | – | – | 9 | 7.8 |
Acinetobacter spp. | 6 | 6 | – | – | 6 | 5.2 |
Enterococcus spp. | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12.5 | 5 | 4.3 |
C. freundii | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12.5 | 3 | 2.6 |
K. pneumoniae | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18.7 | 6 | 5.2 |
P. vulgaris | 2 | 2 | – | – | 2 | 1.6 |
P. mirabilis | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 0.9 |
Candida spp. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6.3 | 3 | 2.6 |
Total | 100 | 100 | 16 | 100 | 116 | 100 |