Table 4 Frequency of bacterial isolates from category II (123 patients) and category III (45 patients) dog bite wounds of patients on initial presentation at 2 PET centers in Uganda

Aerobic gram positive bacteria

Staphylococcus aureus

103

30.4

Staphylococcus intermedius

30

8.8

Coagulase negative Staphylococci

68

20.1

Streptococuss. canis

18

5.3

Streptococuss pyogenes

29

8.6

Other Streptococci

12

3.5

Bacillus spp

11

3.2

Enterococcus. feacalis

19

5.6

Enterococcus. faecium

2

0.6

Other Enterococci

6

1.8

Micrococcus spp

8

2.4

Corynebacterium spp

33

9.7

Total: Aerobic gram positive isolates

339

100

Anaerobic gram positive bacteria

Gemella morbillorum*

21

31.3

Lactobacillus spp*

31

46.3

Lactococcus spp*

15

22.4

Total: anaerobic gram positive isolates

67

100

Gram negative bacteria

Aerobic Gram negative bacteria

Pasteurella maltocida

64

29.5

Pasteurella canis

26

12.0

Other pasteurella

31

14.3

Proteus vulgaris

2

0.9

Proteus mirabilis

7

3.2

Pseudomonas aeuroginosa

3

1.4

Pseudomonas stutzeri

3

1.4

Pseudomonas alcaligenes

2

0.9

Other pseudomonas

11

5.1

Klebsiella pneumonae

11

5.1

Klebsiella oxytoca

6

2.8

Acinetobacter spp

3

1.4

Moellerella wisconsensis

5

2.3

Capnocytophaga canimorsus

36

16.6

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

4

1.8

Bergeyella zoohelcum

3

1.4

Total: aerobic gram negative isolates

217

100

Anaerobic gram negative bacteria

Citrobacter werkmanii*

1

0.7

Citrobacter freundii*

2

1.4

E. coli*

6

4.1

Enterobacter asburiae*

1

0.7

Other enterobacter spp*

13

9.0

Serratia rubidae*

2

1.4

Serratia entomophila*

3

2.1

Fusobacterium spp

48

33.1

Bacteriodes spp

34

23.4

Prevotella spp

35

24.1

Total: anaerobic gram negative isolates

145

100