Table 3.
Case No. | Gastric juice culture before gastric lavage (CFU/mL) | Gastric juice culture after suture closure (CFU/mL) | Ascites culture after suture closure (CFU/mL) |
1 | 1.5 × 106 | 1 | 7 |
2 | 2.1 × 105 | 7 | 1 |
3 | 1.3 × 104 | 1 | 1 |
4 | 1.5 × 104 | 3 | 3 |
5 | 1.1 × 104 | 2 | 1 |
6 | 9.4 × 106 | 4 | 1 |
7 | 1.2 × 106 | 3 | 1 |
8 | 2.5 × 105 | 5 | 2 |
9 | 1.8 × 104 | 1 | 1 |
10 | 1.0 × 106 | 3 | 1 |