Table 2.

Microbiological analysis of the identified SSIs

Isolated microbe	Deep infections (n)	Superficial infections (n)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis	2	0
Methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus	3	5
Klebsiella pneumoniae	1	0
Klebsiella pneumoniae –ESBL*	2	1
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	4	2
Escherichia coli	0	2
Enterobacter cloacae-MDR**,	1	0
Morganella morganii	2	0
Acinetobacter baumannii	1	0
MRSA	4	0
Escherichia coli -ESBL*	1	1
Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci±	0	4
Total number	21	15

*ESBL extended-spectrum beta-lactamase

**MDR multi-drug resistant

±Coagulase negative staphylococci: two isolates were Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus hominis. The other two isolates were not identified