Table 3 Cultures in necrotizing fasciitis type I, n = 35 patients

Escherichia coli

6

13

19

Klebsiella pneumoniae

1

1

Proteus mirabilis

3

3

Citrobacter freundii

1

1

Enterobacter cloacae

2

2

Serratia marcescens

1

1

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

1

1

2

Acinetobacter baumannii

1

1

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

1

1

Aeromonas sobria

1

1

Bacillus species

1

1

Haemolytic streptococci, not group A

3

3

Enterococcus species

4

4

Streptococcus pneumoniae

1

1

Viridans streptococci

3

3

S.milleri group

6

6

Clostridium perfringens

2

2

Anaerobe gram negative rods, mainly B.fragilis

1

5

6

Anaerobic mixed culture

5

5

Mixed culture

7

7

Total cultures

9 (13 %)

61 (87 %)

70 (100 %)

Total patients

9 (26 %)

26 (74 %)

35 (100 %)