Table 7.
Impact of organism cultured on the outcome of disease
| Complications [organism(s) cultured] |
Recurrent sepsis |
Acute respiratory distress syndrome |
Wound infection |
Recurrence |
Mortality |
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| S | NS | S | NS | S | NS | S | NS | S | NS | |
| Escherichia coli | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Klebsiella pneumonia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Streptococcus pneumonia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Staphylococcus epidermidis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bacteriodes fragilis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
S: Significant; NS: Non significant.