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. 2023 Jul 16;12(14):4711. doi: 10.3390/jcm12144711

Table 3.

Microbiology of bile and blood cultures in patients with biliary infections. Modified from Tokyo Guidelines 2018 [44].

Microorganisms Proportion of Isolates
Bile (%) Blood Culture (%)
Community-Acquired Nosocomial
Gram-negative
  E scherichia coli 31–44 35–62 23
  Klebsiella spp. 9–20 12–28 16
  Pseudomonas spp. 0.5–19 4–14 17
  Enterobacter spp. 5–9 2–7 7
  Acinetobacter spp. - 3 7
  Citrobacter spp. - 2–6 5
Gram-positive
  Enterococcus spp. 3–34 10–23 20
  Streptococcus spp. 2–10 6–9 5
  Staphylococcus spp. 0 2 4
Anaerobes 4–20 1 2
Others - 17 11