Table 2.

Representative animal models of acute wound infection

Infection model	Animal species	Modeling methods	Microorganisms
Burn infections	Rodents and pig	Heat source used: boiling water, burning ethanol bath, gas flame, pre-heated double brass blocks, pre-heated single metal plate/bar, etc.	Psuedomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii and Candida albicans.
Surgical site infections	Mouse, rat and pig	Incisional wounds with foreign bodies, subcutaneous injection of foreign bodies and microorganisms into pocket wounds with or without foreign bodies.	Staphylococcus aureus, Psuedomonas aeruginosa and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Skin abrasion wound infections	Mouse, rat and rabbit	Needle scratch model, blade scrape model, tap striping model, sand paper model and dermatome model.	Staphylococcus aureus, Psuedomonas aeruginosa and Candida albicans.
Excisional wound infections	Mouse, rat, rabbit and pig	Removing the full-thickness skin.	Staphylococcus aureus, Psuedomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Lacerated wound infections	Guinea pig and rat	Non-crushed lacerated wounds and crushed lacerated wounds.	Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes, Psuedomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Proteus mirabilis.