Research Article
Hidradenitis Suppurativa in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: A 7-Year Retrospective Review
Table 3
Cultures taken from patients with HS.
| | Bacteriological culture (swab or tissue) | Number (%) |
| | Gram-positive | | | Staphylococcus | 7 (11.3) | | MSSA | 4 (6.5) | | MRSA | 3 (4.8) | | GBS | 4 (6.5) | | Streptococcus pyogenes | 1 (1.6) | | Diphtheroids | 4 (6.5) | | Enterococcus | 1 (1.6) | | Gram-negative | | | E. coli | 6 (9.7) | | Proteus sp. | 5 (8.1) | | Klebsiella pneumonia | 4 (6.5) | | Acinetobacter | 2 (3.2) | | Mixed growth | 7 (11.3) | | Others | | | Chrysosporium sp. | 1 (1.6) |
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MSSA: Methicillin Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA: Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and GBS: Group B Streptococcus.
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