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Table 1: Microorganisms most frequently involved in Fournier’s gangrene. |
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According to oxygen requirements |
Bacteria (%) |
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Anaerobes |
Bacteroides spp. (38.6) |
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Streptococcus spp. (37.1) |
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Enterococcus spp. (27.1) |
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Staphylococcus spp. (25.7) |
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Proteus spp. (18.6) |
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Aerobes |
Escherichia coli (40.0) |
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Pseudomonas spp. (24.3) |
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Klebsiella pneumoniae (20.0) |
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Source: Yilmazlar T et al13 and Ersay A et al.14 |
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