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Table 3 Comparison of Bacteria Between Conventional Cultivation Methods and 16S rDNA Sequencing Analysis in the Bacterial Infection Group

From: Clinical impact of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus on bacterial pneumonia: cultivation and 16S ribosomal RNA gene analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid

Risk factors (Positive/Negative)**

The percentage of clones of MRSA phylotype (%)

Positive

Negative

P-value

Use of Glucocorticoid**/Immunosuppressant (6/36)

40.2 ± 41.4

19.0 ± 28.3

0.305

Histories/Risks of aspiration (23/19)

18.7 ± 33.2

25.2 ± 29.2

0.422

Antibiotic therapy in the preceding 90 days (12/30)

30.1 ± 40.7

17.5 ± 25.7

0.391

History of pathogens detection in the preceding 90 days* (9/30)

38.2 ± 35.1

15.4 ± 28.9

0.105

  1. *Unknown data in three cases, **“Positive” and “Negative” indicate the number of patients with or without each risk factor, respectively.
  2. Abbreviations: MRSA methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus