The average time from presentation to treatment was 0.9
days and from treatment to discharge was 1.6 days. The
average length of hospital stay was 2.7 days.
78 patients had swabs taken, with 67 (85.9%) having microorganisms
isolated. Fifty (74.6%) of these were aerobic infections
and 17 (25.4%) anaerobic. All positive samples had
anaerobic sensitivities performed. Bacteria were isolated in 64
(95.5%) cultures. Candida albicans was identified in 3 samples.
70.1% of the bacteria were gram positive. Gram-positive cocci
were isolated in 65.4% of cultures. The most common bacteria
isolated were Streptococcus viridians, found in 49 out of the 67
patients with positive swab results (71.6%). Other common
bacteria included S. aureus, prevotella and Group C streptococcus
(Table 3). S. aureus were isolated from infections of skin
origin only