Table 6.

Bacteria isolated from skin lesions at study entry (n = 178)^*

Pathogens	Cefditoren pivoxil (n = 90) (%)	Cefdinir (n = 88) (%)
Staphylococcus aureus or other spp.	73 (81.1)	67 (76.14)
Streptococcus spp.	5 (5.56)	4 (4.55)
Klebsiella spp.	1 (1.11)	2 (2.27)
E. coli	5 (5.56)	5 (5.68)
Pseudomonas spp.	3 (3.33)	0 (0)
Corynebacterium spp.	1 (1.11)	0 (0)
Proteus spp.	2 (2.22)	1 (1.14)
Acinetobacter spp.	1 (1.11)	1 (1.14)
Enterobacter spp.	1 (1.11)	0 (0)
Gram positive bacilli	0 (0)	1 (1.14)
Gram negative bacilli	0 (0)	2 (2.27)
Culture negative	6 (6.67)	12 (13.64)

^*Data presented as no. of patients with % of patients indicated within the brackets; 2 organisms were isolated in 17 patients; 2 patients did not have culture at study admission