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/SkinStaphylococcus 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