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Table 2 Microbiologic findings in 162 patients with peritonsillar abscess and complications

From: Complications of peritonsillar abscess

Organisms

PPA n = 36

LS n = 26

NF n = 33

DM n = 46

Other n = 21

All n = 162

Aerobic bacteria

 Streptococcus

  Group A

9

 

6

1

4

20

  Group C

2

 

3

 

2

7

  Beta-hemolytic

  

1

1

2

5

  Viridans group

10

2

10

15

4

41

  spp.

 

1

2

8

 

11

 Enterococcus spp.

  

2

 

1

3

 Staphylococcus aureus

1

2

1

14

 

18

  Coagulase-negative

 

1

6

6

1

14

  spp.

  

4

  

4

 Haemophilus spp.

1

  

1

2

4

 Enterobacteriales

  

6

4

2

12

 Pseudomonas aeruginosa

 

1

1

6

 

8

 Burkholderia cepacia

   

1

 

1

 Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

  

1

  

1

 Corynebacterium spp.

  

1

1

 

2

 Eikenella corrodens

   

1

 

1

 Arcano. haemolyticum

 

1

   

1

 Neisseria spp.

 

1

   

1

 Acinetobacter coloaceticus

   

2

 

2

 Moraxella catarrhalis

   

1

 

1

Anaerobic bacteria

 Bacteroides spp.

 

1

4

9

 

14

 Porphyromonas spp.

 

2

   

2

 Prevotella spp.

1

2

6

5

3

17

 Fusobacterium

  nucleatum

 

2

1

1

 

4

  necrophorum

3

15

 

1

2

21

  spp.

   

1

 

1

 Peptostreptococcus spp.

 

1

5

4

 

10

 Peptoniphilus asaccharolyticus

 

1

 

1

1

3

 Parvimonas micra

  

1

  

1

 G + , non-spore-forming bacilli

  

2

3

 

5

 Unspecified anaerobes

9

 

2

4

1

16

 Unspecified bacteria

  

3

7

 

10

Fungi

 Candida albicans

1

 

3

2

 

6

 Aspergillus fumigatus

   

1

 

1

 Polymicrobial

½

4/26

18/33

33/46

5/21

61/128

  1. Bacterial names are reported in contemporary nomenclature (in contrast to Tables 4 and 5)
  2. The names of the following bacteria are merged
  3. Viridans group streptococci: viridans group (n = 16), Group F (n = 1), non-hemolytic (n = 4), mitis group (n = 2), sanguis (n = 1), salivarius (n = 2), intermedius (n = 1), constellatus (n = 3), anginosus group (n = 4), and milleri group (n = 7)
  4. Enterococcus spp.: E. faecalis (n = 1) and Enterococcus species (n = 2)
  5. Coagulase-negative staphylococci: hominis (n = 1), epidermidis (n = 6), haemolyticus (n = 2), and coagulase-negative staphylococci (n = 5)
  6. Haemophilus spp.: Haemophilus influenza (n = 3) and Haemophilus parainfluenzae (n = 1)
  7. Enterobacterales: Escherichia coli (n = 2), Enterobacter cloacae (n = 3), Enterobacter species (n = 1), Klebsiella pneumoniae (n = 2), Klebsiella species (n = 1), Proteus mirabilis (n = 1), Serratia marcescens (n = 1), and Citrobacter diversus (n = 1)
  8. Bacteroides spp.: fragilis (n = 8), and species (n = 6)
  9. Prevotella spp.: intermedia (n = 1), buccae (n = 1), oralis (n = 3), corporis (n = 1), melaninogenica (n = 6), and species (n = 5)
  10. Peptostreptococcus spp.: Peptostreptococcus anaerobius (n = 3) and Peptostreptococcus species (n = 7)
  11. G + , non-spore-forming bacilli: Eggerthella lenta (n = 2), Eubacterium species (n = 1), Bifidobacterium dentium (n = 1), and Eggerthia catenaformis (n = 1)
  12. Unspecified: Gram-negative rod (n = 4), Gram-negative (n = 1), Gram-positive coccus (n = 2), Gram-positive rod (n = 1), Gram-positive (n = 2)
  13. PPA parapharyngeal abscess, LS Lemierre´s syndrome, NF necrotizing fasciitis, DM descending mediastinitis, Spp species (no further specification was provided in the study), G- Gram-negative, G +  Gram-positive, Arcano Arcanobacterium
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Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

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