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Table 4 The distribution of strains in bacterial culture and metagenomic sequencing

From: Bacteriological analysis based on disease severity and clinical characteristics in patients with deep neck space abscess

Strains

Cultures (n = 16)

Metagenomics (n = 30)

Aerobic Gram-positive strains

  

 Streptococcus constellation, n (%)

3 (18.8)

10 (33.3)

 Streptococcus anginosus, n (%)

2 (12.5)

8 (26.7)

 Streptococcus intermediate, n (%)

1 (6.3)

4 (13.3)

 Staphylococcus aureus, n (%)

1 (6.3)

2 (6.7)

Aerobic Gram-negative strains

  

 Klebsiella pneumoniae, n (%)

5 (31.3)

5 (16.7)

 Enterobacter cloacae, n (%)

2 (12.5)

0 (0)

 Pseudomonas aeruginosa, n (%)

1 (6.3)

0 (0)

 Burkholderia cepacia, n (%)

1 (6.3)

0 (0)

 Anaerobic strains, n (%)

0

25 (83.3)