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. 2023 Jan 19;20(3):218–223. doi: 10.4103/ajps.ajps_15_22

Table 4.

Showing organisms isolated from 52 enrolled cases of liver abscess

Number of abscesses Organism isolated Frequency
Single abscess E. coli 6
S. aureus 4
Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus 4
Acinetobacter spp. 2
P. aeruginosa 2
Burkholderiacephacia 1
K. pneumonia 1
Multiple abscess S. aureus 3
E. coli 2
Coagulase-negative staphylococcus 2
Total 27*

*One patient has dual growth of E. coli and S. aureus from single pus culture with S. aureus growth in blood culture. E. coli: Escherichia coli, S. aureus: Staphylococcus aureus, P. aeruginosa: Pseudomonas aeruginosa, K. pneumonia: Klebsiella pneumoniae