Table 5.
Microbiology of Nosocomial Infections
| Pancreatic Necrosis Surgery |
Nonpancreatic Surgery |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| STD-PN (n = 17) | GLN-PN (n = 15) | STD-PN (n = 12) | GLN-PN (n = 15) | |
| Fungal species | 5 (3) | 7 (4) | 15 (6) | 1 (1)a |
| Gram-positive bacteria | ||||
| Staphylococcus aureus | 5 (1) | 1 (1) | 8 (7) | 1 (1)b |
| Staphylococcus species (coagulase negative) | 4 (4) | 8 (8) | 3 (3) | 3 (2) |
| Enterococcus species | 1 (1) | 2 (2) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) |
| Streptococcus species | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 (1) |
| Corynebacterium species | 2 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gram-negative bacteria | ||||
| Pseudomonas species | 6 (5) | 8 (4) | 5 (5) | 3 (3) |
| Klebsiella species | 5 (4) | 3 (2) | 2 (2) | 0 |
| Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | 0 | 0 | 3 (3) | 0 |
| Escherichia coli | 0 | 2 (2) | 1 (1) | 2 (1) |
| Miscellaneous Gram-negative bacteria | 5 (5) | 2 (2) | 2 (2) | 2 (2) |
| Viral species | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 |
STD-PN, standard parenteral nutrition; GLN-PN, glutamine dipeptide-supplemented parenteral nutrition. Values are number of nosocomial infections due to microorganism (number of patients). Presumed causative microorganisms based on microbiological culture results.
a
P < .03
b
P < .01: GLN-PN vs STD-PN in the nonpancreatic surgery subgroup (Fisher exact test). Fungal species Breslow-Day interaction (P = .021), Staphylococcus aureus Breslow-Day interaction (P = .069). Other comparisons are not significant.