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Table 6 Microbiological findings in 26 patients with peritonsillar abscess (PTA) and Lemierre´s syndrome

From: Complications of peritonsillar abscess

 

Culture site

Bacteria

PTA (n = 5)

Blood (n = 18)

Liver abscess (n = 1)

Unknown (n = 3)

Aerobes

 Alpha-hemolytic streptococci

1

   

 Viridans group streptococci

 

1

 

1

 Staphylococcus aureus

1

1

  

 Coagulase-negative staphylococci

1

   

Arcanobacterium haemolyticum

 

1

  

 Pseudomonas aeruginosa

   

1

 Neisseria spp.

   

1

Anaerobes

 Fusobacterium necrophorum

1

14

1

 

 Fusobacterium nucleatum

1

1

  

 Prevotella spp.

2

   

 Porphyromonas spp.

1

1

  

 Bacteroides spp.

   

1

 Peptostreptococcus spp.

   

1

 Peptoniphilus asaccharolyticus

 

1

  
  1. The names of the following bacteria are merged
  2. Viridans group streptococci: milleri group (n = 1) and Streptococcus constellatus (n = 1)
  3. Spp species
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Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

ISSN: 1476-0711

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