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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Burn Care Res. 2011 Mar–Apr;32(2):324–333. doi: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e31820aaffe

Table 2. % of each organism found in a distinct surgical wound infection.

% of each organism found in a distinct surgical wound infection. 70 total SWIs were identified from suspicious wounds and growing >105 organisms.

Organism % of all distinct infections
(n=70 distinct infections)
Candida species 24% (17)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa 23% (16)
Serratia marcescens 11% (8)
Staphylococcus aureus 11% (8)
Aspergillus species 10% (7)
Acinetobacter baumannii 7% (5)
Proteus mirabilis 4% (3)
Enterococcus faecalis 3% (2)
Escherichia coli 1% (1)
Calcofluor 1% (1)
Enterobacter species 1% (1)
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia 1% (1)