Table 2 Organisms isolated from primary brain abscess culture specimens
From: Clinical characteristics and outcome of primary brain abscess: a retrospective analysis
Case number | Sex | Age | Culture specimen | Organism |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | M | 56 | Intracranial purulent material | Sphingomonas paucimobilis |
2 | M | 43 | Intracranial purulent material | Staphylococcus aureus |
3 | M | 41 | Intracranial purulent material | Proteus mirabilis |
4 | M | 43 | Intracranial purulent material | Rhizopus oryzae |
5 | M | 65 | Intracranial purulent material | Klebsiella pneumoniae |
6 | M | 45 | Blood | Streptococcus anginosus |
7 | M | 57 | Intracranial purulent material | Streptococcus anginosus |
8 | M | 38 | Intracranial purulent material | Prevotella |
9 | M | 59 | CSF | Neisseria cinerea |
10 | M | 20 | Blood + CSF | Streptococcus pneumoniae |
11 | F | 60 | CSF | Klebsiella pneumoniae |
12 | M | 54 | Blood + intracranial purulent material | Enterococcus faecalis |
13 | M | 60 | Intracranial purulent material | Staphylococcus aureus |
14 | M | 60 | Intracranial purulent material | Klebsiella pneumoniae |
15 | M | 52 | Intracranial purulent material | Klebsiella pneumoniae |
16 | M | 33 | CSF | Streptococcus intermedius |
17 | F | 48 | Blood | Viridans streptococci |
18 | M | 38 | Intracranial purulent material | Saccharomyces albicans |