Table 3.
Microorganisms of blood culture and abscess culture of splenic abscess
| Microorganism (n = 67) | Solitary (n = 48) | Multiple (n = 19) | Extrasplenic abscess (n = 26) |
| Aerobes | |||
| Gram positive-18 | |||
| Streptococcus viridans (SV) (8) | 7 | 1 | 21 |
| Staphylococcus aureus (5) | 5 | 0 | 32 |
| Enterococcus species (5) | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| Gram negative-32 | |||
| Escherichia coli (11) | 8 | 3 | 44 |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae (KP)(10) | 4 | 6 | 75 |
| Pseudomonas species (PS) (5) | 4 | 1 | 16 |
| Salmonella species (5) | 4 | 1 | 27 |
| Proteus (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gram positive+gram negative-4 | |||
| SV+KP (2) | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| SV+PS (1) | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| SV+PS+KP (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Anaerobes-2 | |||
| Gram positive | |||
| Propionibacterium acnes (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gram negative | |||
| Bacteroides fragilis (1) | 1 | 0 | 110 |
| Mycobacterium-1 | |||
| Tuberculosis (1) | 0 | 1 | 111 |
| Fungus-1 | |||
| Cryptococcus neoformans (1) | 0 | 1 | 112 |
| Sterile culture-9 | 6 | 3 | 113 |
1
Brain: 1; liver: 1.
2
lung: 1; retroperitoneum: 1; brain: 1.
3
retroperitoneum: 1.
4
liver: 1; subphrenic area: 1; gluteal muscle: 1; pancreas: 1.
5
liver: 4; brain+lung: 2; subphrenic area: 1.
6
anus: 1.
7
aortic valve: 1; subphrenic area: 1.
8
subphrenic area: 1.
9
gluteal muscle (1).
10
pancreas: 1.
11
liver: 1.
12
liver: 1.
13
pancreas: 1.