Research Article

The Novel Role of Healing from Bacterial Infections of Lower Limb Open Fractures by X-Ray Exposure

Table 4

Grades of open fractures according to the Gustilo and Anderson classification among four types of bacteria isolated by the study.

Type of bacteriaGrade of open fracturesTotal n (%)
II n (%)IIIA n (%)IIIB n (%)IIIC n (%)

Staphylococcus aureus20 (95.2%)1 (4.8%)21 (100%)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa1 (10%)6 (60%)2 (20%)1 (10%)10 (100%)
Escherichia coli1 (7.7%)3 (23.1%)9 (69.2%)13 (100%)
Klebsiella pneumoniae2 (28.6%)5 (71.4%)7 (100%)

value = <0.001 (very high significant). value = Fisher’s exact test with confidence interval of 99%.