Aerobic and anaerobic bacteriology of wounds and cutaneous abscesses
Brook I;Frazier EH;;
archives of surgery (chicago, ill : 1960)1990Vol. 125pp. -
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Abstract
The aerobic and anaerobic microbiologic characteristics of 584 wounds and 676 skin or soft-tissue abscesses were studied and correlated with the infection site. In wounds, aerobic or facultative bacteria only were present in 223 specimens (38%), anaerobes only in 177 specimens (30%), and mixed flora …