Table 5.

Microorganisms identified in initial blood and peritoneal cultures

Microorganism	Frequency
From blood cultures, n (%)
Gram-positive cocci	11 (42.3)
Staphylococcus aureus	3
Staphylococcus hominis	2
Staphylococcus epidermidis	2
Micrococcus genus	1
Enterococcus genus	1
Streptococcus anginosus	1
Streptococcus gordonii	1
Bacillus genus	3 (11.5)
Escherichia coli	5 (19.2)
Klebsiella genus	2 (7.7)
Others	5 (19.2)
Clostridium genus	1
Bacteroides genus	1
Fusobacterium mortiferum	1
Lactobacillus genus	1
Prevotella oralis	1
From peritoneal cultures, n (%)
Gram-positive cocci	5 (26.3)
Staphylococcus aureus	2
Enterococcus faecalis	3
Escherichia coli	6 (31.6)
Klebsiella genus	4 (21.1)
Enterobacter genus	2 (10.5)
Candida species	2 (10.5)