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Table 1 Rate of appropriately diagnosed pathogens responsible for post-operative wound infection.

From: Clinical application of a rapid microbiological test based on capillary zone electrophoresis to assess local skin infection

Infection

No

No of CZE diagnoses (%)

Escherichia coli

37

32 (86.4)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

4

3 (75.0)

Enterococcus faecium

7

 

Streptococcus sp.

6

22 (100)

Staphylococcus aureus

9

 

Klebsiella pneumoniae

1

0 (0) rejected

Enterobacter cloacae

8

6 (75.0)

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

1

1 (100) rejected

Negative

5

5 (100)

TOTAL

76

67 (88,1)