Table 3 Microbiological cause of culture-positive peritonitis

Gram-negative bacteria

Escherichia coli

13 (28%)

Klebsiella pneumoniae

8 (17%)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

7 (15%)

Enterococcus species

2 (4%)

Acinetobacter baumannii

1 (2%)

Acromobactor dentrificans

1 (2%)

Stenotrophomonas species

1 (2%)

Flavobactor species

1 (2%)

Sphingomonas paucimobilis

1 (2%)

Total

35 (76%)

Gram-positive bacteria

Staphylococcus aureus

1 (2%)

Streptococcus mitis

1 (2%)

Streptococcus viridans

1 (2%)

Streptococcus agalactiae

2 (4%)

Coagulase-negativeStaphylococcus

2 (4%)

Corynebacterium species

1 (2%)

Total

8 (18%)

Fungus

Candida albicans

1 (2%)

Candida non-albicans

2 (4%)

Total

3 (6%)