Table 1.
Microbiological findings in 63 patients with PLA who attended a tertiary hospital in Hong Kong between 1991 and 2001 (modified from [3])
| Number of cultures, % |
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|---|---|---|
| abscesses (n = 44) | blood (n = 46) | |
| Klebsiella | 26 (43) | 22 (35) |
| Escherichia coli | 12 (20) | 13 (20) |
| Streptococcus milleri | 7 (12) | 5 (8) |
| Anerobes | ||
| Bacteriodes fragilis | 6 (10) | 8 (13) |
| Peptostreptococcus | – | 2 (3) |
| Clostridium sordelii | – | 1 (1.5) |
| Fusobacterium | – | 1 (1.5) |
| Enterococcus | 3 (5) | 3 (5) |
| Miscellaneous Gram-negative organisms | 6 (10) | 8 (13) |
| Total isolates | 60 (100) | 63 (100) |