Skin/Soft Tissue

Normal Skin Flora

Coagulase negative Staph
Viridans group Streptococci
Non-haemolytic Streptococci
Corynebacterium spp
Bacillus spp
Acinetobacter spp
Moraxella spp
Peptostreptococcus spp
Propionibacterium spp
Candida spp

Potential Pathogens

Superficial/Skin

Staphylococcus aureus
ß-haemolytic Streptococci (group A,B,C,G)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Candida spp
Dermatophytes

 

Superficial Wounds (<2 cm)

Staphylococcus aureus
ß-haemolytic Streptococci (group A,B,C,G)
Enterobacteriaceae
Pasteurella multocida
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Other non-fermentative bacilli
Mycobacterium spp
Haemophilus spp
Nocardia spp
Bacillus anthracis
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
Vibrio spp

 

Deep Wounds (> 2 cm)

Staphylococcus aureus
ß-haemolytic Streptococci (group A,B,C,G)
Enterobacteriaceae
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Other non-fermentative bacilli
Pasteurella multocida
Enterococcus spp
Candida spp
Streptococcus anginosus group
Eikenella corrodens
Anaerobes
Bacillus cereus
Corynebacterium spp
S. lugdunensis/S. schleiferi
Other coagulase negative Staph
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
Capnocytophaga spp
Vibrio spp
Actinomyces spp
Nocardia spp
Fungal pathogens
Mycobacterium spp
Bacillus anthracis