Table 2.
Comparison of microbiological analysis of a sample obtained before placement of medicament in TAP group and DAP group using Chi-square test
| Microbiological analysis | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group | Nil | Enterococcus faecalis | Group IV streptococci | Diphtheroids | Coagulase-negative staphylococci | S. aureus | Acinetobacter | Klebsiella pneumoniae | p value | ||||||||
| (N) | (%) | (N) | (%) | (N) | (%) | (N) | (%) | (N) | (%) | (N) | (%) | (N) | (%) | (N) | (%) | ||
| TAP N = 10 |
2 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0.55 |
| DAP N = 10 |
2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 40 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |