| Disease category | Number cultured | Percent with anaerobes recovered | Reference |
| Head and neck | |||
| Nontraumatic brain abscess | 18 | 89 | Heineman et al. Am J Med 1963 |
| Subdural empyema | 84 | 29 | Swartz. Academic Press 1989 |
| Chronic sinusitis | 83 | 53 | Frederick et al. N Engl J Med 1974 |
| Chronic otitis | 68 | 51 | Brook. Am J Otolaryngol 1987 |
| Perimandibular space infection | 31 | 94 | Bartlett et al. J Oral Surg 1979 |
| 21 | 100 | Chow et al. Ann Intern Med 1978 | |
| Peritonsillar abscess | 30 | 76 | Flodstrom et al. Scand J Infect Dis 1976 |
| 45 | 84 | Mitchelmore. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 1995 | |
| Dental abscess | 10 | 90 | Williams et al. J Clin Mirogid 1983 |
| Chest infections | |||
| Aspiration pneumonia | 70 | 87 | Bartlett et al. Am Rev Respir Dis 1974 |
| 47 | 62 | Lorber et al. Ann Intern Med 1974 | |
| Lung abscess | 57 | 93 | Bartlett et al. Am Rev Respir Dis 1974 |
| 26 | 85 | Beerens et al. Presses Academiques Euro 1965 | |
| Empyema | 83 | 76 | Bartlett et al. Am Rev Respir Dis 1974 |
| 37 | 62 | Varkey et al. Arch Intern Med 1981 | |
| Bronchiectasis | 18 | 94 | Greey. 1932 |
| Unselected patients | 89 | 33 | Ries et al. Arch Intern Med 1974 |
| 74 | 22 | Pollack et al. J Clin Microbiol 1983 | |
| Hospital-acquired pneumonia | 159 | 35 | Bartlett et al. Arch Intern Med 1986 |
| Intraabdominal sepsis | 759 | 83 | Stone et al Arch Surg 1983 |
| Abscess or peritonitis | 72 | 94 | Gorbach. N Engl J Med 1974 |
| 110 | 89 | Brook et al. J Med Microbiol 2000 | |
| 64 | 81 | Swenson et al. Arch Surg 1974 | |
| Appendiceal abscess | 100 | 96 | Brook et al. Arch Surg 1999 |
| Liver abscess | 40 | 52 | Sabbaj et al. Ann Intern Med 1972 |
| Female genital tract | |||
| Miscellaneous types | 33 | 100 | Thadepalli et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1973 |
| 91 | 74 | Swenson et al. Obstet Gynecol 1973 | |
| 50 | 72 | Ledger et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1976 | |
| Pelvic abscess | 25 | 88 | Altemeier. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1940 |
| Pelvic inflammatory disease | 54 | 25 | Eschenbach et al. N Engl J Med 1975 |
| 74 | 77 | Sweet. Clin Infect Dis 1995 | |
| 70 | 78 | Sweet et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1988 | |
| Septic abortion | 29 | 69 | Chow et al. J Infect Dis 1977 |
| Postpartum endometritis | 128 | 38 | Rosene et al. J Infect Dis 1986 |
| Soft tissue | |||
| Wound infection after elective colon surgery | 19 | 95 | Bartlett et al. Ann Surg 1978 |
| Postappendectomy wound | 65 | 79 | Sanderson et al. J Clin Pathol 1979 |
| Cutaneous abscess | 135 | 60 | Meislin et al. Ann Intern Med 1977 |
| Perirectal abscess | 74 | 77 | Whitehead et al. Br J Surg 1982 |
| Diabetic foot ulcer | 19 | 63 | Louie et al. Ann Intern Med 1976 |
| Pilonidal sinus | 45 | 73 | Pearson et al. Am J Surg 1968 |
| Breast abscess | 52 | 79 | Edmiston et al. J Infect Dis 1990 |
| Necrotizing synergistic cellulitis | 57 | 89 | Stone et al. Ann Surg 1972 |
| Necrotizing soft tissue | 182 | 47 | Elliott et al. Am J Surg 2000 |
| Paronychia | 32 | 72 | Brook. Am J Surg 1981 |
| Bite wound infections | 34 | 53 | Goldstein et al. Rev Infect Dis 1984 |
| Bacteremia | |||
| All blood cultures | 4659 | 6 | Chandler et al. South Med 2000 |
| 2025 | 4 | Salonen et al. Clin Infect Dis 1998 | |
