Gram Staining for the Treatment of Peritonsillar Abscess

Table 1

Isolated organisms from the aspirates.

	No. of isolates	% of cases		No. of isolates	% of cases
Aerobes			Anaerobes
Gram-positive cocci			Gram-positive cocci
Staphylococcus aureus	2	4	Anaerobic Streptococcus	15	30
Streptococcus pneumoniae	1	2	Peptococcus	1	2
Streptococcus pyogenes	10	20
α-Streptococcus	5	10
β-Streptococcus	1	2
Gram-positive rods			Gram-positive rods
Corynebacterium sp.	1	2	Bifidobacterium	1	2
			Lactobacillus	1	2
Gram-negative cocci			Gram-negative cocci
Neisseria	2	4	Veillonella	1	2
Gram negative rods			Gram-negative rods
Haemophilus influenzae	2	4	Bacteroides*	7	12
Haemophilus parainfluenzae	1	2	Fusobacterium	13	26
			Prevotella*	12	22
			Porphyromonas	4	8
			Capnocytophaga	1	2
Others
Candida albicans	2	4

*Two strains were cultured in one case.