Table 1.

Common pathogens causing acute wound infection

Group	Species
Gram negative	Psuedomonas aeruginosa, Actinetobacter baumanni, Enterobacteriaceae, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Serratia marcescens, Enterobacter spp., Proteus spp., Bacteroides spp.
Gram positive	Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus, Enterococcus, Micrococcus, Corynebacterium, Streptococcus pyogens, Corynebacterium diphtheria, Coagulase-negative staphylococci
Fungi	Candida spp., Non-albicans Candida, Aspergillus, Blastomycosis, Mucor circinelloides, Candida spp., Aspergillus spp., Fusarium spp., Alternaria spp., Rhizopus spp. Mucor spp.
Viruses	Herpes simplex, Varicella-zoster
Drug-resistant strains	Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-resistant enterococci, extended-spectrum beta-lactamases, MDR Psuedomonas aeruginosa