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Table 2 The comparison of the common pathogens in two types of surgery

From: Multicenter surveillance study of surgical site infection and its risk factors in radical resection of colon or rectal carcinoma

Pathogens

Radical resection of colon (n = 38)

Radical resection of rectal (n = 65)

X 2

P value

n

%

n

%

Escherichia coli

21

55.26

24

36.92

3.279

0.070

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

5

13.16

4

6.15

1.475

0.225

Enterococcus

3

7.89

14

21.54

3.239

0.072

Klebsiella pneumoniae

3

7.89

4

6.15

0.115

0.735