. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Nov 1.

Published in final edited form as: JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2006;30(6):474–479. doi: 10.1177/0148607106030006474

Table 6.

Bacterial Translocation

	MacConkey Agar (Gram negative)			CAN (Gram positive)
Groups	Positive	Negative	% positive	Positive	Negative	% positive
Very Low, n=7	8^*	13	38.1	11^*	10	52.4
Reduced, n=6	10^*	8	55.6	10^*	8	55.6
Full, n=5	5^*	10	33.3	8^*	7	53.3
Control, n=6	0	18	0	2	16	11.1

Compared with Control group: P <.01. No significance in bacterial translocation rates was found between PN groups.