Table 3.

Microorganisms involved in the aetiology of acute mediastinitis due to oesophageal perforations [27–28]

Germs	Gram-positive cocci	Gram-positive bacilli	Gram-negative cocci	Gram-negative bacilli
Anaerobic	Peptostreptococcus	Actinomyces Lactobacillus Eubacterium	Veillonella	Bacteroides Prevotella Porphyromonas Fusobacterium
Aerobic	Streptococci (including beta-hemolytic and S. viridans group), Staphylococci	Corynebacterium	Moraxella	Enterobacteriaceae Eikenella corrodens Pseudomonas
Fungi	Candida albicans