TABLE 2.
Cultured bacterial isolates from swabs and biopsies from individual patients with nonhealing chronic venous leg ulcers and DGGE analysis of the so-called unculturable population from the same wounds
| Patient | Wound surface (swab)a | Wound bed (biopsy)b | DGGE (PCR-cloning/sequencing)c |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus sp., Peptostreptococcus sp., Pseudomonas sp., and Bacteroides fragilis | Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus sp., Peptostreptococcus sp., Pseudomonas sp., gram-negative rod (facultative), coagulase-negativeStaphylococcus sp., and Micrococcussp. | Gemellasp. (a) and Peptoniphilus harei (b) |
| 5 | Pseudomonas sp. | Pseudomonas sp. | Pseudomonas sp. (a) (Pseudomonas aeruginosa subgroup) and Staphylococcussp. (b) (Staphylococcus epidermidis group) |
| 6 | Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus sp., Micrococcus sp., Peptostreptococcussp., Eubacteriumsp., and Streptococcussp. | Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus sp., Micrococcus sp., and gram-positive rod (facultative) | Serratia marcescens (a) and Staphylococcus sp. (b) (Staphylococcus epidermidis group) |
| 7 | Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus sp., Pseudomonas sp., Candida sp.d, Micrococcussp., and Eubacteriumsp. | Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus sp., Pseudomonas sp., and Candida sp.d | Pseudomonas sp. (a) (Pseudomonas tolaasir subgroup) and Staphylococcus sp. (b) (Staphylococcus epidermidis group) |
| 14 | Staphylococcus aureus, Micrococcus sp., and coagulase-negativeStaphylococcus sp. | Staphylococcus aureus and Micrococcus sp. | Pseudomonassp. (a) (Pseudomonas putida subgroup) |
| 15 | Staphylococcus aureus, Bordetella sp., Micrococcussp., and Pasteurellasp. | Staphylococcus aureus, Bordetella sp., and Streptococcussp. | Corynebacteriumsp. (a) |
| 17 | Staphylococcus aureus, Micrococcus sp., Serratia sp., and Pseudomonassp. | Staphylococcus aureus, Micrococcus sp., Serratia sp., and Streptococcussp. | Pseudomonas sp. (a) (Pseudomonas tolaasii subgroup), Pseudomonas sp. (b) (Pseudomonas putida subgroup), and Afipiasp. (c) |
| 18 | Pseudomonas sp., Enterobacter sp., Staphylococcus aureus, and gram-positive rod | Pseudomonas sp., Enterobacter sp., Micrococcussp., Enterococcussp., and gram-negative nonfermenter | Staphylococcus sp. (a) (Staphylococcus aureus group) and Pseudomonas sp. (b) (Pseudomonas tolaasii subgroup) |
| 25 | Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus sp., Micrococcussp., Pseudomonassp., and Corynebacterium sp. | Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus sp., Staphylococcus aureus, and Streptococcussp. | Pseudomonas sp. (a) (Pseudomonas putida subgroup), Pseudomonas sp. (b) (Pseudomonas tolaasii subgroup), and Sphingomonassp. (c) |
| 29 | Streptococcus sp., Staphylococcus aureus, and Micrococcussp. | Streptococcus sp., gram-positive rod, Eubacterium sp., Pseudomonassp., Proteussp., and Bacteroidessp. | Pseudomonas sp. (a) (Pseudomonas putida subgroup), Pseudomonas sp. (b) (Pseudomonas putida subgroup), Pseudomonas sp. (c) (Pseudomonas putida subgroup), and Proteus mirabilis (d) |