Appendix 1

- Microbial species isolated from wound infections.

Microbial speciesn (%)
Gram positive bacteria
Staphylococcus aureus32 (17.1)
Staphylococcus epidermidis2 (1.1)
Streptococcus agalactiae6 (3.2)
Streptococcus pyogenes3 (1.6)
Enterococcus faecalis8 (4.3)
Enterococcus faecium3 (1.6)
Enterococcus gallinarum3 (1.6)
Total57 (30.5)
Gram negative bacteria
Klebsiella pneumoniae26 (13.9)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa26 (13.9)
Escherichia coli24 (12.8)
Acinetobacter baumannii10 (5.3)
Serratia marcescens8 (4.3)
Morganella morganii4 (2.1)
Enterobacter cloacae6 (3.2)
Enterobacter aerogenes2 (1.1)
Citrobacter freundii3 (1.6)
Proteus mirabilis3 (1.6)
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia(1.6)
Providencia specie1 (0.1)
Total116 (62.0)
Polymicrobial 1
Mixed gram-positive/gram-negative bacteria16 /171 (9.4)
Fungi14 (7.5)
Total187 (100)

The total number of the microbial isolates is more than the number of samples duo to the polymicrobial infection, where Mixed gram-positive/gram-negative bacteria have been detected.1 Details of polymicrobial infections are shown in Appendix 2.