Table 2 Types of bacteria isolated from cultures of ascitic fluid in patients with cirrhosis
Isolates | no.(%) of isolates | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total (n = 656) | BA (n = 208) | SBP (n = 448) | P | |
Gram-negative organisms | ||||
Total | 447 (68.1%) | 116 (55.8%) | 331 (73.9%) | < 0.001 |
Escherichia coli | 267 (40.7%) | 71 (34.1%) | 196 (43.8%) | 0.020 |
Klebsiella spp. | 87 (13.3%) | 20 (9.6%) | 67 (15.0%) | 0.061 |
Enterobacter spp. | 20 (3.0%) | 5 (2.4%) | 15 (3.3%) | 0.513 |
Acinetobacter spp. | 18 (2.7%) | 5 (2.4%) | 13 (2.9%) | 0.716 |
Aeromonas spp. | 9 (1.4%) | 2 (1.0%) | 7 (1.6%) | 0.726 |
Citrobacter spp. | 8 (1.2%) | 3 (1.4%) | 5 (1.1%) | 0.713 |
Serratia spp. | 7 (1.1%) | 2 (1.0%) | 5 (1.1%) | 1.000 |
Burkholderia spp. | 5 (0.8%) | 3 (1.4%) | 2 (0.4%) | 0.333 |
Pseudomonas spp. | 8 (1.2%) | 1 (0.5%) | 7 (1.6%) | 0.446 |
Other | 18 (4.0%) | 4 (1.9%) | 14 (3.1%) | – |
Gram-positive organisms | ||||
Total | 209 (31.9%) | 92 (44.2%) | 117 (26.1%) | < 0.001 |
Streptococcus spp. | 110 (16.8%) | 47 (22.6%) | 63 (14.1%) | 0.006 |
Enterococcus spp. | 66 (10.1%) | 29 (13.9%) | 37 (8.3%) | 0.024 |
Coagulase-positive staphylococci | 25 (3.8%) | 11 (5.3%) | 14 (3.1%) | 0.178 |
Kocuria spp. | 3 (0.5%) | 1 (0.5%) | 2 (0.4%) | 1.000 |
Other | 5 (0.8%) | 4 (1.9%) | 1 (0.2%) | – |