Clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of splenic abscess: A review of 67 cases in a single medical center of Taiwan

Table 3 Microorganisms of blood culture and abscess culture of splenic abscess

Microorganism (n = 67)	Solitary (n = 48)	Multiple (n = 19)	Extrasplenic abscess (n = 26)
Aerobes
Gram positive-18
Streptococcus viridans (SV) (8)	7	1	21
Staphylococcus aureus (5)	5	0	32
Enterococcus species (5)	5	0	13
Gram negative-32
Escherichia coli (11)	8	3	44
Klebsiella pneumoniae (KP)(10)	4	6	75
Pseudomonas species (PS) (5)	4	1	16
Salmonella species (5)	4	1	27
Proteus (1)	1	0	0
Gram positive+gram negative-4
SV+KP (2)	2	0	18
SV+PS (1)	0	1	19
SV+PS+KP (1)	0	1	0
Anaerobes-2
Gram positive
Propionibacterium acnes (1)	1	0	0
Gram negative
Bacteroides fragilis (1)	1	0	110
Mycobacterium-1
Tuberculosis (1)	0	1	111
Fungus-1
Cryptococcus neoformans (1)	0	1	112
Sterile culture-9	6	3	113

¹Brain: 1; liver: 1.

²lung: 1; retroperitoneum: 1; brain: 1.

³retroperitoneum: 1.

⁴liver: 1; subphrenic area: 1; gluteal muscle: 1; pancreas: 1.

⁵liver: 4; brain+lung: 2; subphrenic area: 1.

⁶anus: 1.

⁷aortic valve: 1; subphrenic area: 1.

⁸subphrenic area: 1.

⁹gluteal muscle (1).

¹⁰pancreas: 1.

¹¹liver: 1.

¹²liver: 1.

¹³pancreas: 1.