Table 5.
Distribution of Gram-positive organisms in cancer patients at different intervals
| Total number of organisms Gram-positive organisms |
Before radiation (n=96), n (%) |
After radiation 3 months (n=25), n (%) |
After radiation 6 months (n=12), n (%) |
Control (n=12), n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Streptococcus acidominimus | 8 (8.3) | - | - | 5 (42) |
| Streptococcus sanguinis | 5 (5.2) | - | - | |
| Streptococcus anginosus | 5 (5.2) | - | - | |
| Streptococcus sobrinus | 3 (3) | - | - | 3 (25) |
| Streptococcus porcinus | 2 (2.08) | - | - | - |
| Streptococcus agalactiae | 2 (2.08) | - | - | - |
| Streptococcus gordonii | 1 (1.04) | 1 (4) | - | - |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae | 1 (1.04) | 1 (4) | - | - |
| Streptococcus mutans | 1 (1.04) | 1 (4) | - | - |
| Streptococcus oralis | - | 1 (4) | - | 2 (16) |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 6 (6.2) | 1 (4) | 1 (8.3) | - |
| Staphylococcus haemolyticus | 1 (1.04) | - | - | - |
| Staphylococcus lugdunensis | 1 (1.04) | - | - | - |
| Staphylococcus saprophyticus | 1 (1.04) | - | - | - |
| Staphylococcus epidermidis | 1 (1.04) | - | - | - |
| Staphylococcus pettenkoferi | 1 (1.04) | 1 (4) | - | - |
| Staphylococcus capitis | 1 (1.04) | - | - | - |
| Staphylococcus auricularis | 1 (1.04) | - | - | - |
| Staphylococcus cohnii | - | 1 (4) | - | - |
| Staphylococcus kloosi | - | - | 1 (8.3) | - |
| Staphylococcus hominis | - | - | 1 (8.3) | - |
| Enterococcus raffinosus | 1 (1.04) | - | 1 (8.3) | - |
| Enterococcus avium | 1 (1.04) | - | - | - |
| Enterococcus faecalis | 4 (4.1) | 4 (16) | - | - |
| Aerococcus viridans | 1 (1.04) | - | - | - |
| Leuconostoc mesenteroides | - | 1 (4) | - | 2 (16) |
| Pediococcus species | - | - | 3 (25) | - |