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Patient characteristics and wound aetiology
| Age (years) | Median (range) Mean (±SD) | 25 (0·4–85) 33·2 (±27·5) |
| Age, only paediatric patients (<19 years) | Mean (±SD) | 8·8 (±6·3) |
| Age, only adult patients | Mean (±SD) | 56·1 (±8·4) |
| Gender (%) | male | 56% |
| female | 44% | |
| Wound history (%) | post‐operative | 26 |
| decubitus | 20 | |
| soft tissue infections | 8 | |
| general wounds | 4 | |
| burns/scalds | 2 | |
| tumour/skin lesions | 2 | |
| unknown | 9 | |
| others | 27 | |
| Undergoing treatment for cancer | 32 |
