Table 2. Bacteria distributions in ascitic fluid.

	Total (n, %)	Community-acquired (n, %)	Nosocomial (n, %)	P value
G− B	293	148	145	0.92
Escherichia coli	153 (26.6)	70 (27.4)	83 (25.9)	0.68
Klebsiella pneumoniae	75 (13.0)	35 (13.7)	40 (12.5)	0.66
Acinetobacter baumannii	7 (1.2)	5 (2.0)	2 (0.6)	0.15
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	4 (0.7)	2 (0.8)	2 (0.6)	0.82
Enterobacter sp.	17 (3.0)	12 (4.7)	5 (1.6)	0.03
Serratia marcescens	2 (0.3)	1 (0.4)	1 (0.3)	0.87
Serratia fonticola	2 (0.3)	2 (0.8)	0 (0.0)	0.11
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia	3 (0.5)	0 (0.0)	3 (0.9)	0.12
Pseudomonas putida	3 (0.5)	3 (1.2)	0 (0.0)	0.05
Bacterium vulgare	3 (0.5)	2 (0.8)	1 (0.3)	0.44
Proteus mirabilis	1 (0.2)	0 (0.0)	1 (0.3)	0.37
Burkholderia cepacia	3 (0.5)	2 (0.8)	1 (0.3)	0.44
Acinetobacter lwoffii	1 (0.2)	1 (0.4)	0 (0.0)	0.26
Salmonella	4 (0.7)	3 (1.2)	1 (0.3)	0.22
Shigella spp	5 (0.9)	4 (1.6)	1 (0.3)	0.11
Morganella morganii	3 (0.5)	1 (0.4)	2 (0.6)	0.70
Citrobacter	3 (0.5)	1 (0.4)	2 (0.6)	0.70
Haemophilus influenzae	2 (0.3)	2 (0.8)	0 (0.0)	0.11
Achromobacter xylosoxidans	2 (0.3)	2 (0.8)	0 (0.0)	0.11
G+ C	279	109	170	0.04
Coagulase-negative staphylococcus	131 (22.8)	56 (22.0)	75 (23.4)	0.68
Staphylococcus aureus	30 (5.2)	9 (3.5)	21 (6.6)	0.10
Staphylococcus lugdunensis	1 (0.2)	0 (0.0)	1 (0.3)	0.37
Faecalis	52 (9.0)	15 (5.8)	−37 (11.7)	<0.01
Faecium	18 (1.7)	5 (1.9)	13 (4.1)	<0.05
Other Enterococcus	6 (1.0)	1 (0.3)	5 (1.6)	<0.05
Streptococcus Pneumoniae	1 (0.2)	1 (0.4)	0 (0.0)	0.26
Streptococcus (other than S. pneumoniae)	40 (7.0)	20 (7.8)	20 (6.2)	0.46
G+ B	1	1	0
Ochrobactrum Anthropic	1 (0.2)	1 (0.4)	0 (0.0)	0.26
Anaerobic bacteria	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	—
Fungus	2	0	2
Candida glabrata	2 (0.3)	0 (0.0)	2 (0.6)	0.21