Table 2 Blood and pus cultures in pyogenic liver abscess patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and non-diabetes mellitus (Non-DM)
Values | Blood culture | Pus culture | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
DM (n = 34) | Non-DM (n = 82) | DM (n = 34) | Non-DM (n = 114) | |
Positive results | 10 | 18 | 25 | 73 |
Polymicrobial results | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Gram-negative organisms | ||||
 Klebsiella pneumonia | 3 | 12 | 15 | 47 |
 Escherichia coli | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
 Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
 Enterobacter cloacae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 Proteus spp. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 Serratia fonticola | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Salmonella enteritidis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Klebsiella oxytoca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Bacillus citrate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Gram-positive organisms | ||||
 Streptococcus spp. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
 Enterococcus spp. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
 Clostridium spp. | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
 Staphylococcus spp. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Candida spp. | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |