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. 2014 Oct 6;30(5):334–341. doi: 10.1159/000366579

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, %
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)