TABLE 2.

Aerobic and anaerobic isolates from acute and chronic wounds of varied etiology^ab

Aerobic and facultative microorganisms	Type of wound		Anaerobic bacteria	Type of wound
Coagulase-negative staphylococci	A, C		Peptostreptococcus asaccharolyticus	A, C
Micrococcus sp.	C		Peptostreptococcus anaerobius	A, C
Staphylococcus aureus	A, C		Peptostreptococcus magnus	A, C
Beta-hemolytic streptococcus (group C)	A		Peptostreptococcus micros	A, C
Beta-hemolytic streptococcus (group G)	C		Peptostreptococcus prevotii	A, C
Streptococcus spp. (fecal)	A, C		Peptostreptococcus indolicus	C
Streptococcus spp. (viridans)	A, C		Peptostreptococcus sp.	A, C
Corynebacterium xerosis	C		Streptococcus intermedius	C
Corynebacterium sp.	A, C		Clostridium perfringens	A, C
Bacillus sp.	A		Clostridium clostridioforme	A, C
			Clostridium cadaveris	A, C
Escherichia coli	A, C		Clostridium baratii	C
Escherichia hermanii	A		Clostridium septicum	A
Serratia liquefaciens	C		Clostridium histolyticum	A, C
Klebsiella pneumoniae	A, C		Clostridium tertium	A
Klebsiella oxytoca	A, C		Clostridium ramosum	C
Enterobacter cloacae	A, C		Clostridium sporogenes	A, C
Enterobacter aerogenes	C		Clostridium difficile	C
Citrobacter freundii	C		Clostridium bifermentans	A
Proteus mirabilis	A, C		Clostridium limosum	A
Proteus vulgaris	C		Eubacterium limosum	C
Providencia stuartii	A		Propionibacterium acnes	A, C
Morganella morganii	C
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus	A, C		Bacteroides fragilis	A, C
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	A, C		Bacteroides ureolyticus	A, C
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia	A		Bacteroides ovatus	A
Sphingobacterium multivorum	C		Bacteroides uniformis	A, C
			Bacteroides stercoris	C
Candida parapsilosis	A		Bacteroides capillosus	C
Candida krusei	A		Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron	C
			Bacteroides caccae	C
			Prevotella oralis	A, C
			Prevotella oris	A, C
			Prevotella disiens	A
			Prevotella bivia	C
			Prevotella buccae	C
			Prevotella sp.	A
			Prevotella corporis	A, C
			Prevotella intermedia	A
			Prevotella melaninogenica	C
			Porphyromonas asaccharolytica	A, C
			Gram-negative pigmented bacillus	A, C
			Fusobacterium necrophorum	C
			Veillonella spp.	A

^aAdapted from reference 27 with permission of the publisher. 

^bAcute wounds (A) included primarily cutaneous abscesses and postsurgical wounds; chronic wounds (C) included primarily leg ulcers, foot ulcers and pressure sores. A total of 367 isolates were cultured from the 106 wounds (61 acute wounds and 45 chronic wounds).