Table 4.

Microbiology from abscess drainage

Variable	N (%)
Positive Gram Stain	12 (86)
Positive Abscess Culture	14 (100)
Polymicrobial	8 (57)
Gram Negative	11 (79)
Gram Positive	13 (93)
Anaerobic	12 (86)
Yeast	0 (0)
Positive Blood Culture	9 (64)
Abscess cultures*
Enterococcus species*	7 (50)
Escherichia coli	5 (36)
Enterobacter species	5 (36)
Klebsiella species	3 (21)
Citrobacter species	3 (21)
Streptococcus species	3 (21)
Staphylococcus species**	2 (14)
Clostridium perfringens	1 (7)
Prevotella species	1 (7)

^*one patient had vancomycin-resistant enterococcus

^**one patient had methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus