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Correlation between sinus and nasopharyngeal bacteria
| Sinuses bacteria culture result | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| staphylococcus aureus | staphylococcus coagulase negative | Enterobacter aerogenes | |||||
| Nasopharynx bacteria | positive | 2(28.5%) | 0 (0) | 6(40%) | 8(71%) | 8(61.5%) | 0(0) |
| negative | 5(71.4%) | 3(100%) | 11(60%) | 14(93%) | 5(38.4%) | 12(100%) | |
| Sensitivity | 28.5% | 40% | 61.5% | ||||
| Specificity | 100% | 93% | 100% | ||||
| Predictive Value Positive | 100% | 85.7% | 100% | ||||
| Predictive Value Negative | 37.5% | 56% | 70.5% | ||||
| P value | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.001 | ||||
