Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
Anaerobic gram-positive cocci and microaerophilic streptococci are often recovered in polymicrobial skin and soft tissue infections, such as gangrene, fasciitis, ulcers, diabetes-related foot infections, burns, human or animal bites, infected cysts, abcesse of the breast, rectum, and anus. Anaerobic gram-positive cocci and microaerophilic streptococci are generally found mixed with other aerobic and anaerobic florae that originate from the mucosal surface adjacent to the infected site or that have been inoculated into the infected site.
Gastrointestinal florae can cause infections such as gluteal decubitus ulcers, diabetes-related foot infections, and rectal abscesses. Anaerobic gram-positive cocci and microaerophilic streptococci are part of the normal skin florae, so it is hard to avoid contamination by these florae when obtaining specimens.
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