Research Article

Frequency and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns of Diabetic Foot Infection of Patients from Bandar Abbas District, Southern Iran

Table 1

Isolated bacteria from a diabetic foot infection.

PathogenFrequencyPositive (%)

E. coli1720.5
Enterococci1416.9
Klebsiella1012
Staphylococcus aureus78.4
Enterobacter67.2
Acinetobacter56
Staphylococcus epidermidis44.8
Proteus mirabilis33.6
Proteus vulgaris33.6
Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus aureus22.4
Streptococcus viridans22.4
Candida22.4
Pseudomonas22.4
Flavobacterium11.2
Streptococcus beta-hemolytic11.2
Citrobacter11.2
No organism22.4