Fig. 2

Spectrum of pathogens detected in wound swabs and/or tissue specimens. aStreptococcus spp. comprised most frequently S. pyogenes (n = 29), S. dysgalactiae (n = 18), S. anginosus (n = 12) and S. agalactiae (n = 9). Other pathogens were detected in 81 patients, most frequently Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (n = 7), Serratia spp. (n = 6), Coagulase-negative staphylococci (n = 5), Citrobacter spp. (n = 5) and Fusobacterium spp. (n = 4)