Table 3.

Wound colonization and infection

Outcome measure	Flaminal® Forte (n = 41)	Flamazine® (n = 48)	p
Colonization of study area, n (%)*	29/37 (78)	13/40 (33)	<0.0001†
Time to colonization of study area in days, median (range)	5 (2–11)	4 (2–19)	0.36⊥
Species, n			(not tested)
Gram+
Bacillus species	3	1
Gram‐positive (unspecified)	1	0
Group B streptococcus	2	0
Staphylococcus aureus	24	9
Gram−
Acinetobacter species	1	0
Aeromonas sobria	0	1
Enterobacter Faecalis	3	0
Gram‐negative bacteria (unspecified)	0	1
Klebsiella Oxytoca	0	1
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	2	0
Infection of study area, n (%)	4/41 (10)	1/48 (2)	0.18¶
Use of systemic antibiotics, n (%)	0/4	0/1	(not tested)

^* Wounds which were colonized at admission were excluded.

^† Chi‐square test.

^⊥ Mann–Whitney test.

^¶ Fisher's exact test.