Table 5.
Detected germ spectrum in wound swaps after PEG placement (N = 224).
| Pathogen | Total (N = 402) | Head and Neck Cancer (N = 337) | Other (N = 67) |
p Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staphylococcus aureus, n (%) | 40 (9.9) | 36 (10.7) | 4 (5.8) | 0.24 |
| Coagulase-negative staphylococci, n (%) | 29 (7.2) | 26 (7.7) | 5 (7.5) | 0.90 |
| Viridans streptococci, n (%) | 21 (5.2) | 21 (6.2) | 0 (0) | 0.036 |
| Enterococci, n (%) | 27 (6.7) | 21 (6.2) | 6 (8.9) | 0.41 |
| Enterococcus faecalis, n (%) | 16 (3.9) | 13 (3.9) | 3 (4.5) | 0.81 |
| Enterococcus faecium, n (%) | 11 (2.7) | 8 (2.4) | 3 (4.5) | 0.33 |
| Enterobacterales, n (%) | 72 (17.9) | 57 (16.9) | 15 (22.4) | 0.28 |
| Enterobacter cloacae, n (%) | 25 (6.2) | 21 (6.2) | 4 (5.9) | 0.94 |
| Escherichia coli, n (%) | 14 (3.5) | 11 (3.3) | 3 (4.5) | 0.62 |
| Proteus spp. (Proteus mirabilis, Proteus penneri, Proteus vulgaris), n (%) | 9 (2.9) | 7 (2.1) | 2 (2.9) | 0.65 |
| Serratia marcescens, n (%) | 4 (0.9) | 4 (1.3) | 0 (0) | 0.37 |
| Citrobacter freundii, n (%) | 1 (0.3) | 0 | 1 (1.5) | 0.02 |
| Enterobacter aerogenes, n (%) | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0) | 0.66 |
| Klebsiella spp. (Klebsiella pneumoniae, Klebsiella oxytoca), n (%) | 18 (6.4) | 13 (3.9) | 5 (7.5) | 0.19 |
| Haemophilus spp. n (%) | 5 (1.8) | 5 (1.5) | 0 (0) | 0.31 |
| Haemophilus parainfluenzae, n (%) | 2 (0.5) | 2 (0.6) | 0 (0) | 0.53 |
| Haemophilus influenzae, n (%) | 3 (0.7) | 3 (0.9) | 0 (0) | 0.44 |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa, n (%) | 32 (11.4) | 25 (7.4) | 7 (17.1) | 0.4 |
| Normal upper respiratory tract flora, n (%) | 4 (1.4) | 4 (1.2) | 0 (0) | 0.37 |
| Normal skin flora, n (%) | 51 (18.2) | 41 (12.2) | 10 (14.9) | 0.53 |
| Total of bacterial pathogens, n | 281 | 242 | 41 | 0.083 |
| Candida spp. n (%) | 121 (30.1) | 95 (28.2) | 26 (38.8) | 0.083 |
| Candida albicans, n (%) | 72 (17.9) | 59 (17.5) | 13 (19.4) | 0.71 |
| Candida spp. non albicans n (%) | 49 (12.2) | 36 (10.7) | 13 (19.4) | 0.05 |