Table 3. Culture results, sorting based on NF Types and isolated pathogens from patients with upper extremity NF.

	Total n=255 (100%)
Patients with specific organisms isolated (positive cultures), n (%)	232 (91,0%)
Type 1	60 (25,9%)
Type 2	126 (54,3%)
Type 3	43 (18,5%)
Type 4	3 (1,3%)
Group A beta-haemolytic Streptococcus	98 (42,2%)
Other Streptococcus species	48 (20,7%)
Staphylococcus aureus Of which Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)	45 (19,4%) 21 (9,1%)
Other Staphylococcus species	16 (6,9%)
Bacteroides spp.	10 (4,3%)
Enterococci spp.	11 (4,7%)
Escherichia coli	3 (1,3%)
Clostridium spp.	10 (4,3%)
Vibrio spp.	17 (7,3%)
Klebsiella spp.	7 (3,0%)
Pseudomonas spp.	4 (1,7%)
Aeromonas spp.	3 (1,3%)
Other	38 (16,4%)
Patients without specific organisms isolated (negative cultures)	23 (9,0%)