Table 5. Microbiological Characteristics and the Prognosis in Patients With Dual Infections.
Survivors | Deceased | Total | P-value | ||||
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N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
Bacteriological classifications | NS | ||||||
Atypical bacteria | 14 | 70.0 | 6 | 30.0 | 20 | 30.3 | |
Gram-positive bacteria | 9 | 69.2 | 4 | 30.8 | 13 | 19.7 | |
Gram-negative bacteria | 23 | 69.7 | 10 | 30.2 | 33 | 50.0 | |
Number of non-TB bacterial infections | 0.0147 | ||||||
Poly-bacterial infection | 13 | 56.5 | 10 | 43.5 | 23 | 42.6 | |
Mono-bacterial infection | 27 | 87.1 | 4 | 12.9 | 31 | 57.4 |
Data are presented as N (%) unless otherwise stated. NS: non-significant; TB: tuberculosis.