Table 2.

Data on cultures from peritoneal exudates according to treatment

Peritoneal exudates	DPA (n = 34)	Diversion (n = 78)	p Value
Culture positive for bacteria during first laparotomy	31 (91.2)	65 (83.3)	0.22a
Culture positive for bacteria during subsequent laparotomies	22 (64.7)	50 (64.1)	0.95b
Bacteria resistance to initial antibiotic scheme	17 (50.0)	33 (42.3)	0.45b
Culture positive for fungus at any laparotomy	13 (38.2)	20 (25.6)	0.18b

Data are numbers with percentages in parentheses unless otherwise indicated

DPA deferred primary anastomosis

^aFisher's exact test;

^bchi-square test