TABLE 2.

Spectrum of bacteria isolated from deep tissue of diabetic lower-extremity wounds (n = 518)

Sample no.	Speciesa	Frequency (no. of isolates)	Percentage
1	Enterococcus faecalis	73	14.1
2	Staphylococcus aureus	63	12.2
3	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	60	10.8
4	Klebsiella pneumoniae	41	7.9
5	E. coli	40	7.7
6	Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus sp.	30	5.8
7	Nonfermenting Gram-negative bacilli	24	4.7
8	Enterobacter sp.	16	3.1
9	Beta-hemolytic Streptococcus	15	2.9
10	Proteus mirabilis	10	1.9
11	Proteus vulgaris	10	1.9
12	Streptococcus sp.	8	1.5
13	Citrobacter freundii	7	1.4
16	MDR Pseudomonas aeruginosa	4	0.8
17	MRSA	4	0.8
18	Diphtheroid sp.	3	0.6
19	Citrobacter diversus	2	0.4
20	Serratia sp.	2	0.4
21	Gram-positive bacilli	2	0.4
22	MDR E. coli	2	0.4
23	Morganella morganii	1	0.2
Total		413	79.7

^aAbbreviations: MDR, multidrug resistant; MRSA, methicillin-resistant S. aureus.