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. 2024 Jun;45(6):606–616. doi: 10.15537/smj.2024.45.6.20240102

Table 5.

- Distribution of Gram (+) and Gram (-) bacterial species accompanying Candida infection isolated from coronavirus disease-19 positive and coronavirus disease-19 negative patients.

Gram bacteria species COVID-19 (+) COVID-19 (-) P-value χ2 df
Gram (+) bacteria species
Coagulase-negative Staphylococci 5 (33.3) 4 (66.6) 0.024* 16.10 7
Enterococcus faecium 8 (53.3) 0 (0.0)
Enterococcus spp 2 (13.3) 2 (33.3)
Total 15 (100) 6 (100)
Gram (-) bacteria species
Acinetobacter spp 13 (36.1) 7 (28) 0.131 11.18 7
Klebsiella spp 15 (41.7) 10 (40)
Escherichia coli 2 (5.6) 0 (0.0)
Pseudomonas spp 2 (5.6) 6 (24)
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia 1 (2.8) 0 (0.0)
Proteus spp 0 (0.0) 2 (8)
Klebsiella spp + Pseudomonas 1 (2.8) 0 (0.0)
Klebsiella spp + Acinetobacter 2 (5.6) 0 (0.0)
Total 36 (100) 25 (100)

Values are presented as numbers and percentages (%). The comparisons of categorical variables between groups were analyzed with the Chi-square (χ2) test. A p-value of <0.05 was considered significant.

COVID-19: coronavirus disease-19, χ2: Ki-kare, df: degree of freedom