TABLE 1.

Abscess samples and culture findings.

Patient samplea	Site of catheter	Culture findingsb	Organism type
1.	lung	NGc
2.	retro-peritoneal	Candida tropicalis	fungus
3.	intra-peritoneal	Candida tropicalis	fungus
4.	intra-peritoneal	Streptococcus intermedius	GPCd
5.	intra-abdominal	Enterococcus faecium	GPC
		Staphylococcus aureus	GPC
		Staphylococcus simulans	GPC
6.	intra-peritoneal	NG
7.	intra-peritoneal	NG
8.	retro-peritoneal	Streptococcus agalactiae	GPC
9.	intra-abdominal	Staphylococcus aureus	GPC
		Escherichia coli	GNRe
10.	intra-peritoneal	NG
11.	lung	Staphylococcus aureus	GPC
12.	intra-abdominal	NG
13.	intra-thoracic	NG
14.	pelvis	NG
15.	liver	Enterococcus avium	GPC
		Klebsiella pneumoniae	GNR
		Clostridium perfringens	GPRf
16.	intra-peritoneal	Enterococcus faecium	GPC
17.	intra-abdominal	Enterococcus raffinosus	GPC
		Escherichia coli	GNR
		Klebsiella pneumoniae	GNR
18.	intra-abdominal	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	GNR
19.	intra-abdominal	Proteus mirabilis	GNR
		Corynebacterium striatum	GPR
		Streptococcus intermedius	GPC
20.	intra-peritoneal	NG
21.	pelvis	Enterococcus faecalis	GPC
		Enterococcus faecium	GPC
22.	liver	Enterococcus hirae	GPC
		Streptococcus anginosus	GPC
		Staphylococcus epidermidis	GPC
23.	intra-peritoneal	NG
24.	pelvis	Escherichia fergusonii	GNR
		Enterococcus faecalis	GPC
25.	liver	Enterococcus hirae	GPC
		Staphylococcus epidermidis	GPC
26.	intra-thoracic	NG
27.	groin	Staphylococcus aureus	GPC
28.	retroperitoneal	Streptococcus intermedius	GPC
29.	liver	NG
30.	intra-abdominal	NG
31.	anus	Parvimonas micra	GPC
		Streptococcus constellatus	GPC
		Prevotella nigrescens	GNR
32.	intra-abdominal	Streptococcus constellatus	GPC

^aSamples listed in chronological order.

^bCulturable strains isolated from each sample were identified by 16S rRNA sequence analysis.

^cNo growth on any medium tested.

^dGPC; Gram positive coccus

^eGNR; Gram negative rod

^fGPR; Gram positive rod