Alterations of Bacteroides sp., Neisseria sp., Actinomyces sp., and Streptococcus sp. populations in the oropharyngeal microbiome are associated with liver cirrhosis and pneumonia

Table 1 Subject characteristics

Characteristics	Group HC (n = 30)	Group CC (n = 30)	Group CI (n = 30)
Age	62.80 ± 3.19	63.47 ± 2.29	65.23 ± 3.42
Sex: Male/female	23/7	21/9	22/8
Hospital days	-^a	10.5	25.5
Primary blood parameters at first follow-up:
WBC (10⁹/L)	8.48 ± 1.13	7.72 ± 5.33	14.60 ± 18.47
CRP (mg/L)	<10	21.97 ± 7.54	136.02 ± 79.39
ALB (g/L)	50.19 ± 2.84	29.97 ± 7.54	32.88 ± 3.31
ALT (U/L)	18.77 ± 7.65	140.53 ± 53.04	117.55 ± 30.27
AST (U/L)	17.90 ± 5.26)	173.07 ± 62.10)	109.29 ± 38.47
TBIL (mol/L)	9.63 ± 1.65	49.03 ± 16.63	51.37 ± 23.44
Infection with
Candida	-	-	5
Streptococcus pneumoniae	-	-	14
Mycoplasma pneumoniae	-	-	3
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	-	-	3
Staphylococcus	-	-	5

Mean ± SD
WBC white blood cell, CRP C-reactive protein, ALB albumin, ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate aminotransferase, TBIL total bilirubin
^aNot applicable

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