Table 2.
Blood and pus cultures in pyogenic liver abscess patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and non-diabetes mellitus (Non-DM)
| Values | Blood culture | Pus culture | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DM (n = 34) | Non-DM (n = 82) |
DM (n = 34) | Non-DM (n = 114) |
|
| Positive results | 10 | 18 | 25 | 73 |
| Polymicrobial results | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Gram-negative organisms | ||||
| Klebsiella pneumonia | 3 | 12 | 15 | 47 |
| Escherichia coli | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Enterobacter cloacae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Proteus spp. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Serratia fonticola | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Salmonella enteritidis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Klebsiella oxytoca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bacillus citrate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gram-positive organisms | ||||
| Streptococcus spp. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Enterococcus spp. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Clostridium spp. | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Staphylococcus spp. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Candida spp. | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |