Table 1.
Organisms Isolated From Culture-Positive Hand Infections Between 2013 and 2014..
| Organism | Monomicrobial incidence | Polymicrobial incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Acinetobacter calco-baumannii | 1 | |
| Aeromonas hydrophila | 1 | |
| Citrobacter ssp | ||
| Citrobacter freundii | 1 | 3 |
| Citrobacter koseri | 1 | |
| Diphtheroid bacilli | 1 | 1 |
| Eikenella corrodens | 1 | 3 |
| Enterococcus faecalis | 4 | |
| Enterobacter cloacae | 1 | |
| Escherichia coli | 4 | |
| Finegoldia magna | 1 | |
| Fusobacterium | 1 | 1 |
| Haemophilus parainfluenzae | 1 | 1 |
| Klebsiella ssp | ||
| Klebsiella oxytoca | 2 | |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 5 | |
| Lactobacillus | 1 | |
| Pasteurella multocida | 3 | 1 |
| Peptostreptococcus asaccharolyticus | 1 | |
| Prevotella ssp | ||
| Prevotella disiens | 1 | |
| Prevotella bivia | 4 | |
| Proteus mirabilis | 1 | 2 |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 2 | |
| Serratia marcescens | 1 | |
| Serratia liquefaciens | 1 | |
| Staphylococcus ssp | ||
| Coagulase-negative staphylococci | 6 | 2 |
| MSSA | 20 | 13 |
| MRSA | 30 | 12 |
| Streptococcus ssp | ||
| Alpha hemolytic streptococcus | 6 | 7 |
| Group A streptococcus | 6 | 5 |
| Group B streptococcus | 2 | 10 |
| Group C streptococcus | 3 | 4 |
| Group F streptococcus | 2 | |
| Group G streptococcus | 1 | |
| Microaerophilic streptococcus | 1 | |
| Streptococcus anginosus | 2 | 1 |
| Streptococcus constellatus | 1 | 1 |
| Streptococcus intermedius | 2 | |
| Streptococcus mitis | 1 | |
| Tissierella praeacuta | 1 |
Note. Most commonly isolated were methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and methicillin-susceptible S aureus (MSSA). The number of times an organism appeared in isolation and in the setting of polymicrobial infections is recorded in columns 2 and 3 of the table, respectively.