Table 4.
Species isolated in postoperative bacterial cultures n (%)
|
Blood |
Bile |
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| Control group (n = 254) | Lavage group (n = 678) | P value | Control group (n = 254) | Lavage group (n = 678) | P value | |
| Escherichia coli | 11 (4.3) | 57 (8.4) | 0.034 | 19 (7.4) | 85 (12.5) | 0.035 |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 9 (3.5) | 48 (7.1) | 0.046 | 15 (5.9) | 69 (27.2) | 0.041 |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 8 (3.1) | 18 (2.7) | 0.659 | 7 (2.8) | 42 (6.2) | 0.046 |
| Enterobacter cloacae | 5 (2.0) | 22 (3.2) | 0.383 | 11 (4.3) | 56 (8.3) | 0.045 |
| Enterococcus faecalis | 2 (0.8) | 13 (1.9) | 0.379 | 7 (2.8) | 21 (3.1) | 0.265 |
| Others | 5 (2.0) | 34 (5.0) | 0.043 | 8 (3.1) | 40 (5.9) | 0.098 |
| Total | 40 (15.7) | 192 (28.3) | 0.001 | 67 (26.4) | 313 (46.2) | 0.001 |