TABLE 3.
Change of bacterial colonisation of included leg ulcers during ultra‐radical debridement and negative pressure wound therapy
| Patient no. | Wound location | Left leg | Right leg | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower legs | First wound swab | Last wound swab | First wound swab | Last wound swab | |||||
| Left/right/both | NDB | AB | NDB | AB | NDB | AB | NDB | AB | |
| 1 | B | 3 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | L | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 3 | B | 3 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | B | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | B | 4 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 18 |
| 6 | R | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 7 | B | 3 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | R | 3 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | R | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | ||||
| 10 | B | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11 | B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | R | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | L | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | L | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | R | 3 | 11 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 16 | L | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | ||||
Abbreviations: AB, amount of bacteria; NDB, number of different bacteria.