“…1 Most frequently isolated organisms are Streptococci, Escherichia coli, Enterobacter species, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Clostridium perfringens, and Candida species. 3,5 It has been associated with alcohol abuse, ingestion of corrosive substances, gastroenteritis, diabetes, NSAIDs, abdominal surgery, gastric infarction, phytobezoar, adenocarcinoma of the stomach, leukemia, pancreatitis, disseminated strongyloidiasis in a patient receiving chemotherapy for lymphoma, all of which can breach the integrity of the mucosa.…”