Table 3.
Microbiologic data of the chronic dialysis vs non-dialysis group
| Microorganism species | Chronic dialysis (N=105) (%) |
Non-dialysis (N=197) (%) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gram-positive cocci | 62 (59.1) | 84 (42.6) | 0.0064 |
| Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus | 9 (8.6) | 38 (19.2) | |
| Methicillin-resistant S. aureus | 30 (28.6) | 22 (11.2) | |
| Coagulase-negative staphylococci | 14 (13.3) | 8 (4.1) | |
| Streptococcus spp. | 2 (1.9) | 12 (6.1) | |
| Enterococcus | 7 (6.6) | 4 (2.0) | |
| Gram-negative bacilli | 1 (0.95) | 29 (14.7) | 0.0001 |
| Escherichia coli | 0 (0) | 14 (7.1) | |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 1 (0.95) | 8 (4.1) | |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 0 (0) | 4 (2.0) | |
| Salmonella enterica | 0 (0) | 3 (1.5) | |
| Fungus | 1 (0.95) | 4 (2.0) | 0.4939 |
| Candida parapsilosis | 1 (0.95) | 1 (0.5) | |
| Candida glabrata | 0 (0) | 1 (0.5) | |
| Candida albicans | 0 (0) | 1 (0.5) | |
| Yeast-like | 0 (0) | 1 (0.5) | |
| Mycobacterium | 2 (1.9) | 6 (3.1) | 0.5395 |
| Mycobacterium tuberculosis | 1 (0.95) | 4 (2.0) | |
| Mycobacterium chelonae | 1 (0.95) | 1 (0.5) | |
| Mycobacterium abscessus | 0 (0) | 1 (0.5) | |
| Polymicrobial isolates | 4 (3.8) | 7 (3.6) | 0.9300 |
| Others | 1 (0.95) | 5 (2.5) | |
| Unknown | 34 (32.4) | 62 (31.5) | 0.8731 |