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| Case number | Sex | Age (years) | Predisposing factors | Number of abscesses | Microbiological etiology | Treatment | Outcome |
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| 1 | F | 71 | Biliary liver cirrhosis, gallstone s/p cholecystectomy, acute pancreatitis | Single | Alpha-Streptococcus species (blood) | AT | Recovered |
| 2 | M | 75 | HTN, infectious endocarditis | Two mixed echoic nodules (2.0 × 2.8 cm and 3.9 × 2.1 cm) | Beta-Streptococcus non-ABD (blood) | AT | Recovered |
| 3 | M | 67 | HTN, ESRD, bladder urothelial carcinoma, high grade s/p TURBT, with recurrence s/p robotic radical cystoprostatectomy, acute pancreatitis | Single (4.3 × 1 cm in size) | ESBL-producing Escherichia coli (blood), Enterococcus faecium (blood) | AT | Died |
| 4 | M | 32 | Chronic pancreatitis with pancreatic duct dilatation and pancreatic stones | Single (2.9 cm) | Not identified | AT | Recovered |
| 5 | F | 82 | Liver cirrhosis, malignant neoplasm of intrahepatic bile ducts, postcholecystectomy | Single (10 × 3 cm) | Beta-Streptococcus non-ABD (blood) | PD + AT | Recovered |
| 6 | F | 51 | DM, hyperthyroidism, valvular heart disease, congestive heart failure, infective endocarditis | Single (5.0 × 4.0 cm) | Coagulase (−) Staphylococcus (MS-CNS) (blood × 3 sets) | PD + AT | Recovered |
| 7 | M | 48 | AIDS (CD4 count: 59 cells/µL, viral load: 308 copies/mL), anal abscess and anal fistula | Single (4.8 cm wedge) | Not identified | PD + AT | Recovered |
| 8 | F | 43 | Peptic ulcer, duodenitis, chronic hepatitis B | Multiple | Klebsiella pneumoniae (liver abscess) | AT | Recovered |
| 9 | M | 49 | AIDS (CD4 count: 20 cells/µL, viral load: 21,46,000 copies/mL) | Multiple | Mycobacterium avium complex (culture at bone marrow biopsy) | AT | Died |
| 10 | F | 77 | Chronic liver disease, DM, HTN | Multiple (a 10 cm abscess with smaller abscesses) | Enterococcus species (abscess) | LS + AT | Recovered |
| 11 | M | 48 | DM, HTN, pancreatitis | Three (2.4, 1.22, 1 cm) | Not identified | AT | Recovered |
| 12 | M | 31 | DM, alcoholism, chronic hepatitis B, chronic pancreatitis | Multiple | Not identified | AT | Recovered |
| 13 | F | 81 | DM, HTN, ESRD, valvular heart disease | Multiple | Not identified | AT | Recovered |
| 14 | F | 42 | Cholangitis | Three | Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (lung tissue, sputum) | AT | Recovered |
| 15 | M | 1 d | Prematurity (GA 33 + 6 weeks, BBW 2208 gm), PPROM 10 days s/p complete IAP, necrotizing enterocolitis | Multiple | Candida parapsilosis (blood) | Antifungal agents | Recovered |
| 16 | F | 2 | Acute gastroenteritis | Single (11.57 × 8.74 × 12.27 cm) | Salmonella group B (abscess, blood) | PD + AT | Recovered |
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