PITX1 and abdominal abscess: The bft positive strains originated in the abdominal abscess and ascites fluid, followed by gallbladder and peritoneal liquid samples, of which is different from other studies, where only 7.8% from peritoneal liquid strains were bft positive, a higher percentage of positivity was recorded for gallbladder strains (33.3%), and similar rates were reported for the appendix isolates (15.6% harbored bft-1 gene) [17].