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Table 3 Spectrum of pathogens of biloma

From: A retrospective clinical and microbial analysis of 32 patients with bilomas

Microorganisms

Absolute frequency

Percentage

all microorganisms

121

100.0%

Aerobe gram-positive bacteria

48

39.7%

Enterococcus spp.

39

32.2%

 Enterococcus faecium

27

22.3%

 Enterococcus spp. susceptible to Ampicillin

12

9.9%

Staphylococcus spp.

5

4.1%

 Coagulase negative staphylococcus

4

3.3%

 Staphylococcus aureus

1

0.8%

Streptococcus spp.

3

2.5%

 Streptococcus viridans

3

2.5%

Other gram-positive bacteria

2

1.7%

Aerobe gram-negative bacteria

54

44.6%

Enterobacteriacae

52

43.0%

 Enterobacter spp.

16

13.2%

 Escherichia coli

13

10.7%

 Klebsiella spp.

12

9.9%

 Citrobacter spp.

9

7.4%

Non-Fermenters

4

3.3%

 Pseudomonas aeruginosa

2

1.7%

 Stenotrophomas maltophilia

2

1.7%

Other gram-negative bacteria

1

0.8%

Anaerobe bacteria

4

3.3%

 Clostridium perfingens

4

3.3%

Fungi

12

9.9%

 Candida spp.

11

9.1%

 Saccharomyces cervisiae

1

0.8%