Table 2 Pathogens cultured from intraabdominal swabs in 242 patients with secondary peritonitis

Escherichia coli (107)

Anaerobes (100)

 Actinomyces turicensis (1)

 Bacteroides caccae (2)

 Bacteroides capillosus (1)

 Bacteroides eggerthii (1)

 Bacteroides fragilis (33)

 Bacteroides intestinalis (1)

 Bacteroides ovatus (8)

 Bacteroides sp. (2)

 Bacteroides stercoris (1)

 Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (7)

 Bacteroides uniformis (2)

 Bacteroides vulgatus (13)

 Clostridium fallax (1)

 Clostridium perfringens (1)

 Clostridium septicum (1)

 Clostridium sordellii (1)

 Clostridium sp. (1)

 Clostridium symbiosum (1)

 Clostridium tertium (2)

 Fusobacterium necrophorum (1)

 Fusobacterium nucleatum (2)

 Fusobacterium sp. (1)

 Fusobacterium varium (1)

 Lactococcus garvieae (1)

 Leuconostoc sp. (1)

 Parabacteroides distasonis (8)

 Parabacteroides johnsonii (1)

 Pediococcus acidilactici (1)

 Peptostreptococcus anaerobius (1)

 Prevotella denticola (2)

Streptococcus spp. (61)

 S. agalactiae (1)

 S. anginosus (19)

 S. constellatus (6)

 S. cristatus (1)

 S. dysgalactiae (4)

 S. gordonii (1)

 S. infantarius (2)

 S. intermedius (2)

 S. massiliensis (1)

 S. mitis/oralis (11)

 S. parasanguinis (3)

 S. peroris (1)

 S. salivarius (3)

 S. sanguinis (4)

 S. vestibularis (1)

 Streptococcus sp. (1)

Non-E. coli Enterobacteriaceae (105)

 Citrobacter braakii (3)

 Citrobacter freundii (9)

 Enterobacter aerogenes (1)

 Enterobacter cloacae (21)

 Hafnia alvei (3)

 Klebsiella oxytoca (13)

 Klebsiella pneumoniae (26)

 Morganella morganii (2)

 Proteus mirabilis (13)

 Proteus penneri (5)

 Proteus vulgaris (9)

Candida spp. (77)

 C. albicans (33)

 C. krusei (1)

 C. dubliensis (1)

 C. glabrata (24)

 C. krusei (1)

 C. lusitaniae (1)

 C. norvegensis (1)

 Candida sp. (13)

 C. tropicalis (2)

Others (21)

 Aerococcus viridans (1)

 Aeromonas veronii (1)

 Bacillus cereus (1)

 Bacillus licheniformis (1)

 Bifidobacterium sp. (1)

 Corynebacterium sp. (1)

 Corynebacterium striatum (1)

 Gemella morbillorum (2)

 Geotrichum sp. (1)

 Lactobacillus brevis (1)

 Lactobacillus fermentum (1)

 Lactobacillus gasseri (1)

 Lactobacillus paracasei (1)

 Lactobacillus paraplantarum (1)

 Lactobacillus rhamnosus (1)

 Lactobacillus salivarius (1)

 Lactobacillus sp. (2)

 Rothia mucilaginosa (1)

 Sphingomonas paucimobilis (1)

Staphylococcus aureus (13)

 MSSA (10)

 MRSA (3)

Enterococcus spp. (134)

 E. avium (11)

 E. casseliflavus (1)

 E. dispar (1)

 E. faecalis (61)

 E. faecium (56)

 E. gallinarum (3)

 E. hirae (1)

Non-fermenter (15)

 Acinetobacter baumannii (2)

 Pseudomonas aeruginosa (12)

 Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (1)

CoNS (21)

 S. capitis (2)

 S. epidermidis (14)

 S. haemolyticus (5)