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Table 2 Overall isolated organisms and their species

From: The microbiological profile of lacrimal abscess: two decades of experience from a tertiary eye care center

Organism isolated

Number (n= 100)

Staphylococcus aureus

28

Streptococcus pneumoniae

17

Hemophilus influenzae

11

Staphylococcus epidermidis

9

Escherichia coli

8

Streptococcus pyogenes

7

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

7

Klebsiella pneumoniae

4

Corynebacterium diphtheriae

2

Streptococcus anginosus

2

Hemophilus parainfluenzae

1

Citrobacter diversus

1

Citrobacter freundii

1

Aeromonas salmonicida

1

Brevibacterium casei

1