Table 1 Distribution of the main infectious agents isolated in 268 ascitic fluid samples during the period 2010–2011
Total (n = 268) (n,%) | Ascitic neutrophil count (median, IQR) | Non-nosocomial episodes (n = 109) (n,%) | Nosocomial episodes (n = 159) (n,%) | p1 | SBP (n = 57) (n,%) | Bacterascites (n = 140) (n,%) | p2 | With FQ prophylaxis (n = 27) (n,%) | Without FQ prophylaxis (n = 241) (n,%) | p3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Streptococcus (other than S. pneumoniae) | 33 (12.3%) | 70 (21–150) | 17 (15.6%) | 16 (10.1%) | 0.18 | 5 (8.8%) | 18 (12.9%) | 0.42 | 2 (7.4%) | 31 (31.9%) | 0.41 |
Streptococcus pneumoniae | 4 (1.5%) | 955 (200–1710) | 4 (3.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0.01 | 1 (1.8%) | 1 (0.7%) | 0.51 | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (1.7%) | 0.50 |
Enterococcus sp. | 65 (24 .3%) | 75 (25–565) | 15 (13.8%) | 50 (31.4%) | 0.0009 | 13 (22.8%) | 31 (22.1%) | 0.92 | 13 (48.1%) | 52 (21.6%) | 0.02 |
Staphylococcus aureus | 7 (2.6%) | 392 (18–815) | 6 (5.5%) | 1 (0.6%) | 0.01 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | - | 1 (3.7%) | 6 (2.5%) | 0.71 |
Coagulase negative Staphylococcus | 73 (27.2%) | 63 (8–155,5) | 25 (22.9%) | 48 (30.2%) | 0.19 | 13 (22.8%) | 47 (33.6%) | 0.14 | 4 (14.8%) | 69 (28.6%) | 0.13 |
Gram positive cocci | 174 (64.9%) | 77 (10–310) | 67 (61.5%) | 107 (67.3%) | 0.33 | 32 (56.1%) | 91 (65.0%) | 0.24 | 20 (74.7%) | 154 (63.9%) | 0.29 |
Escherichia coli | 48 (17.9%) | 129 (86–830) | 20 (18.3%) | 28 (17.6%) | 0.88 | 15 (26.3%) | 21 (15.0%) | 0.06 | 3 (11.1%) | 45 (18.7%) | 0.33 |
Klebsiella sp.Enterobacter sp. Serratia sp. | 29 (10.8%) | 92 (58–549) | 10 (9.2%) | 19 (11.9%) | 0.47 | 5 (8.8%) | 10 (7.1%) | 0.70 | 6 (22.2%) | 23 (9.5%) | 0.04 |
Pseudomonas sp. | 9 (3.4%) | 59 (44–670) | 0 (0.0%) | 9 (5.7%) | 0.01 | 0 (0.0%) | 5 (3.6%) | 0.15 | 0 (0.0%) | 9 (3.7%) | 0.31 |
Gram negative rods | 91 (34.0%) | 100 (66–660) | 32 (29.4%) | 59 (37.1%) | 0.18 | 23 (40.4%) | 39 (27.9%) | 0.09 | 9 (33.3%) | 82 (34.0%) | 0.94 |
Anaerobes | 11 (4.1%) | 112 (12–500) | 8 (7.3%) | 3 (1.9%) | 0.03 | 2 (3.5%) | 4 (2.9%) | 0.81 | 0 (0.0%) | 11 (4.6%) | 0.26 |
Fungi | 7 (2.6%) | 52 (30–55) | 2 (1.8%) | 5 (3.1%) | 0.51 | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (2.1%) | 0.27 | 0 (0.0%) | 7 (2.9%) | 0.37 |