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Table 2 Microbiological analysis in specimens obtained by bronchofiberscopy and surgery

From: A lung abscess caused by secondary syphilis – the utility of polymerase chain reaction techniques in transbronchial biopsy: a case report

1. Bronchofiberscopy

PCR tests for Treponema pallidum

 Bronchoalveolar lavage

Undetected

 TBB

Detected (tpp47-PCR and polA-PCR)

 Culture tests for bacteria and mycobacteria

 Bronchoalveolar lavage

Undetected

 Lavage of forceps in TBB

Undetected

2. Surgery

 Real-time PCR tests for Treponema pallidum

Undetected

 Culture test for bacteria in pus inside the abscess

Undetected

 Real-time PCR tests for multi-microbes [17]

Number

Bacteria name

Quantity

1

Staphylococcus aureus

Undetected

2

Bacillus anthracis

Undetected

3

Listeria monocytogenes

Undetected

4

Streptococcus pyogenes

Undetected

5

Streptococcus agalactiae

Undetected

6

Streptococcus mutans

Undetected

7

Streptococcus sobrinus

Undetected

8

Streptococcus sanguinis

Undetected

9

Streptococcus oralis

Undetected

10

Streptococcus salivaris

Undetected

11

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Undetected

12

Enterococcus faecalis

Undetected

13

Enterococcus faecium

Undetected

14

Clostridium tetani

Undetected

15

Clostridium difficile

Undetected

16

Peptostreptococcus anaerobius

Undetected

17

Actinomyces

Undetected

18

Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Undetected

19

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Undetected

20

Mycobacterium laprae

Undetected

21

Mycobacterium chelonae

Undetected

22

Mycobacterium kansasii

Undetected

23

Mycobacterium avium complex

Undetected

24

Nocardia asteroids

Undetected

25

Bacteroides fragills

Undetected

26

Elizabethkingia meningosepticum

Undetected

27

Campylobacter jejuni

Undetected

28

Helicobacter cinaedi

Undetected

29

Helicobacter pylori

Undetected

30

Rickettsia prowazekii

Undetected

31

Rickettsia japonica

Undetected

32

Orientia tsutsugamushi

Undetected

33

Bartonella henselae

Undetected

34

Brucella

Undetected

35

Bordetella pertussis

Undetected

36

Burkhoderia mallei

Undetected

37

Burkhoderia cepacian

Undetected

38

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Undetected

39

Neisseria meningitidis

Undetected

40

Francisella tularensis

Undetected

41

Legionella pneumophilia

Undetected

42

Moraxella catarrhalis

Undetected

43

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Undetected

44

Acinetobacter baumannii

Undetected

45

Aeromonas hydrophia

Undetected

46

Vibrio cholerae

Undetected

47

Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Undetected

48

Vibrio vulnificus

Undetected

49

Haemophilus influenzae

Undetected

50

Escherichia coli

Undetected

51

Salmonella enterica

Undetected

52

Shigella

Undetected

53

Klebsiella pneumonia

Undetected

54

Yersinia psttis

Undetected

55

Yersinia enterocolitica

Undetected

56

Citrobacter freundii

Undetected

57

Proteus mirabilis

Undetected

58

Morganella morganii

Undetected

59

Providencia

Undetected

60

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Undetected

61

Fusobacterium nucleatum

Undetected

62

Leptospira interrogans

Undetected

63

Chlamydia psittaci

Undetected

64

Chlamydia trachomatis

Undetected

65

Chlamydia pneumoniae

Undetected

66

Aspergillus fumigatus

Undetected

67

Aspergillus nigar

Undetected

68

Aspergillus flavus

Undetected

69

Cryptococcus

Undetected

70

Histoplasma

Undetected

71

Trichosporon

Undetected

72

Mucor

Undetected

73

Coccidioides

Undetected

74

Propionibacterium acnes

Detected (not significant)

75

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

Detected (not significant)

76

Candida albicans

Detected (not significant)

  1. Abbreviations: TBB Transbronchial biopsy, PCR Polymerase chain reaction