Gender

Etiological factors

Patient number/percentage

Male

Female

Soft tissue infection

116 (24.4%)

79

37

Skin lacerations

102 (21.4%)

55

47

Blunt trauma

84 (17.6%)

57

27

Penetrating trauma

53 (11.1%)

45

8

Infected diabetic foot

23 (4.8%)

14

9

Infected burn wound

19 (4%)

12

7

Previous surgery

14 (2.9%)

7

7

Insects bite

12 (2.5%)

9

3

Snake bite

9 (1.9%)

9

0

Unknown etiology

44 (9.2%)

31

13

Total

476 (100%)

318 (66.8%)

158 (33.2%)