Research Article
Complicated Posterior Cervical Skin and Soft Tissue Infections at a Single Referral Center
Table 7
Bacteriology in patients with posterior deep neck infection.
| | Microorganisms () | (%) |
| | Gram-positive | | Staphylococcus aureus | 45 (30) | | Streptococcus viridans | 3 (2) | | Coagulase-negative staphylococci | 4 (2.7) | | Streptococcus pyogenes | 2 (1.3) | | Enterococcus | 3 (2) | | Streptococcus anginosus | 4 (2.7) | | Staphylococcus haemolyticus | 1 (0.7) | | Micrococcus kristinae | 1 (0.7) | | Staphylococcus epidermidis | 1 (0.7) | | Streptococcus constellatus | 1 (0.7) | | Streptococcus agalactiae | 1 (0.7) | | Gram-negative | | Escherichia coli | 15 (10) | | Klebsiella pneumoniae | 11 (7.3) | | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 3 (2) | | Enterobacter cloacae | 9 (6) | | Corynebacterium | 1 (0.7) | | Actinobacillus | 1 (0.7) | | Acinetobacter baumannii | 2 (1.3) | | Proteus mirabilis | 1 (0.7) | | Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | 1 (0.7) | | Enterobacter aerogenes | 1 (0.7) | | Mixed flora# | 13 (8.7) | | No growth | 39 (26) | | Total | 150 (100) |
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Includes 4 cases of methicillin-resistant S. aureus. #Includes Streptococcus anginosus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, coagulase-negative Staphylococci, Streptococcus viridans, Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterobacter cloacae, Acinetobacter baumannii, and Proteus mirabilis. |
