Table 1.

Bacteria Isolated from 40 Bite Wound–Related Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Norway and Black Rats (Rattus rattus and Rattus norvegicus)

Bacterial species	Number of isolates
Acinetobacter spp.	1
Aerococcus viridans	1
Bacillus spp.	2
Clostridium sordellii	1
Corynebacterium kutscheri	2
E. coli (nonhemolytic)	14
Enterobacter cloacae	1
Enterococcus faecalis	6
Enterococcus spp.	1
Fusobacterium nucleatum	1
Klebsiella pneumoniae	1
Pasteurellaceae (potentially novel genus)	3
Pasteurella pneumotropica	3
Pasteurella volantium	1
Staphylococcus aureus	27
Staphylococcus cohnii	1
Staphylococcus gallinaceous	1
Staphylococcus spp.	5
Streptobacillus moniliformis	4
Streptococcus gallinaceous	2
Streptococcus spp. (alpha hemolytic)	1
Truperella spp.	1