Table 5

Microbiological analysis of 122 isolates of 100 culture positive ulcers

Gram positive bacteriaNumber
Staphylococcus epidermidis and coagulase negative32
Staphylococcus aureus27
Streptococcus pneumoniae9
Other Streptococcus sp7
Bacillus cereus1
Corynebacterium sp13
Propionibacterium acnes6
Total No (%)of Gram positive bacteria95 (79.0% )
Gram negative bacteria Number
Pseudomonas sp9
Enterobactor cloacae 1
Escherichia coli 1
Proteus mirabilis3
Haemophilus influenzae1
Moraxella sp 9
Serratia marcescens 1
Total No (%) of Gram negative bacteria25 (21.0%)
Total No of isolates122 (100%)