Table 2.

Causative pathogens, primary sources of infection, and surgical procedures for the 20 patients

No.	Pathogen	Primary source of infection	Culture site	Procedure	Outcome
1	Methicillin-susceptible S. aureus	Tricuspid valve infective endocarditis	Blood	TVR	Survivor
2	Methicillin-susceptible S. aureus	Tricuspid valve infective endocarditis	Blood	VATS	Survivor
3	Methicillin-susceptible S. aureus	Tricuspid valve infective endocarditis	Blood		Survivor
4	Methicillin-resistant S. aureus	Pneumonia	Blood, sputum		Nonsurvivor
5	Methicillin-susceptible S. aureus	Pneumonia	Blood, sputum		Nonsurvivor
6	Methicillin-susceptible S. aureus	Pneumonia	Blood, sputum	VATS	Survivor
7	Methicillin-susceptible S. aureus	Pneumonia	Blood, sputum		Survivor
8	K. pneumoniae	Liver abscess	Blood, abscess, cerebrospinal fluid	PCD	Nonsurvivor
9	K. pneumoniae	Liver abscess	Blood, abscess	PCD	Nonsurvivor
10	K. pneumoniae	Liver abscess	Blood, abscess	PCD, tube thoracostomy	Survivor
11	K. pneumoniae	Liver abscess	Blood, abscess	PCD, tube thoracostomy	Survivor
12	K. pneumoniae	Liver abscess	Blood, abscess	PCD, VATS	Survivor
13	K. pneumoniae	Liver abscess	Blood, abscess	PCD	Survivor
14	K. pneumoniae	Liver abscess	Blood		Survivor
15	K. pneumoniae	Liver abscess	Blood		Survivor
16	K. pneumoniae	Deep neck infection	Blood		Nonsurvivor
17	K. pneumoniae	Renal abscess	Blood, abscess, urine	VATS, PCD	Survivor
18	P. aeruginosa	Pneumonia	Blood, sputum, pleural fluid	Tube thoracostomy	Nonsurvivor
19	E. coli	Renal abscess	Blood, abscess, urine	PCD	Survivor
20	Salmonella group B	Soft tissue abscess	Blood, abscess	Incision and drainage	Survivor

PCD: Percutaneous catheter drainage; TVR: Tricuspid valve replacement; VATS: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery