Table 6: Escherichia, Shigella and Serratia Counts within Intact Skin and Wound Samples

Intact Skin Wounds
Bacterial Genus Counts No. of Samples Avg Percent Counts No. of Samples Avg Percent
Shigella 14 7 0.84 1152 7 5.95
Serratia 1 1 0.03 556 6 1.52
Escherichia 31 11 0.66 2084 9 7.40
Sum 46 3792

Information for the three related genera with statistics at which they were encountered in intact skin and wounds are displayed.