[Table/Fig-4]:

Isolation rates of anaerobic bacterial pathogens from different infection sites.

Study Investigator	Year	Clinical profile	Total No. of specimens	Isolation rate
Brook I et al., [14]	1998	Retroperitoneal abscesses	161	78.9%
De A et al., [6]	2001	Diverse clinical infections	2591	8%
De A et al., [15]	2002	Pleuropulmonary infections	100	72%
De A et al., [16]	2003	Gas gangrene	580	26.8%
Saini S et al., [17]	2004	Surgical infections	117	50.4%
Tanaka K et al., [18]	2005	Bartholin’s gland abscess	224	53.1%
Boyanova L et al., [19]	2006	Deep-space head and neck infections	118	74.6%
Gadepalli R et al., [20]	2006	Diabetic foot ulcer	80	35%
Huang TT et al., [21]	2006	Deep neck infections	128	59.3%
Singhal R et al., [22]	2006	Anaerobic bacteremia	1743	1.14%
Citron DM et al., [5]	2007	Diabetic foot infections	454	45.2%
Ng LS et al., [8]	2008	Diabetic foot infections	38	78.9%
López VN et al., [23]	2009	Iliopsoas abscess	124	15.1%
Mathew A et al., [24]	2010	Necrotising fasciitis	50	18.5%
Al-Benwan K et al., [25]	2011	Breast abscess	114	28%
Ingle M et al., [26]	2011	Clostridium difficile infection	99	17%
Vishwanath S et al., [27]	2012	Chronic suppurative otitis media	94	19.14%
Urban E et al., [28]	2012	Anaerobic bacteremia	43992	0.69%
Vishwanath S et al., [29]	2013	Clostridium difficile infection	25	16%
Kamble S et al., [30]	2014	Cutaneous and subcutaneous wound infections	50	18%
Garg R et al., [7]	2014	Diverse clinical infections	100	19%
Antony B et al., [31]	2016	Surgical infections	393	39.9%
Sudhaharan S et al., [32]	2016	Brain abscess	430	41.1%
Shenoy PA et al., [33]	2016	Surgical infections	261	24.5%