Table 3.
Pathogens isolated in cultures or demonstrated by serology
| Blood cultures (n) | Urine cultures (n) | Soft tissue and skin abscess cultures (n) | Stool cultures (n) | Throat cultures (n) | Serology (n) |
| Escherichia Coli (7) | Escherichia coli (12) | Streptococcus pyogenes (3) | Shigella sonnei (2) | Group C Streptococcus (2) | Mycoplasma pneumonia (1) |
| Acinetobacter baumannii (1) | Pseudomonas aeruginosa (1) | Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (1) | Campylobacter jejuni (2) | Streptococcus pyogenes (3) | Cytomegalovirus (4) |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae (1) | Enterococcus faecalis (2) | Pseudomonas aeruginosa (1) | Epstein-Barr virus (5) | ||
| Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (1) | Klebsiella oxytoca (1) | Coxsackievirus B4 enterovirus (1) | |||
| Enterococcus faecalis (1) | Klebsiella pneumoniae (1) | Hepatitis B virus (1) | |||
| Herpes simplex virus (1) |
Eight patients had two positive cultures at the same time.