Table 6.
Comparison of species of bacteria isolated from the subgingival plaque and blood of patients of infective endocarditis with periodontitis (n = 17).
| Sr. No. | Bacterial species isolated | subgingival plaque isolates (110) |
blood isolates (17) |
χ2-value | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | (%) | No | (%) | ||||
| 1. | Viridans streptococci | 69 | (62.73) | 13 | (76.47) | 0.69 | 0.40 |
| 2. | Staphylococcus aureus | 7 | (6.36) | 2 | (11.76) | 0.09 | 1.0 |
| 3. | Enterococcus spp. | 8 | (7.27) | 1 | (5.88) | 0.04 | 1.0 |
| 4. | Corynebacterium spp. | 4 | (3.64) | 0 | (0) | – | – |
| 5. | Gemella morbillorum | 4 | (3.64) | 0 | (0) | – | – |
| 6. | CONS | 4 | (3.64) | 0 | (0) | – | – |
| 7. | Kocuria rosea | 2 | (1.82) | 0 | (0) | – | – |
| 8. | Neisseriae spp. | 2 | (1.82) | 0 | (0) | – | – |
| 9. | Micrococcus species | 2 | (1.82) | 0 | (0) | – | – |
| 10. | Kocuria cristinae | 1 | (0.91) | 0 | (0) | – | – |
| 11. | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 1 | (0.91) | 0 | (0) | – | – |
| 12. | Bacillus species | 1 | (0.91) | 0 | (0) | – | – |
| 13. | Rothia spp. | 4 | (3.64) | 0 | (0) | – | – |
| 14. | Acinetobacter lwoffi | 0 | (0.00) | 0 | (0) | – | – |
| 15. | Eikenella spp. | 1 | (0.91) | 0 | (0) | – | – |
| 16. | Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae | 0 | (0) | 1 | (5.88) | – | – |
| Total aerobic isolates | 110 | (100) | 17 | (100) | |||
There was no statistically significant difference between bacterial isolates of subgingival plaque and blood of patients of infective endocarditis with periodontitis (P > 0.05).