Table 5 Isolation of bacterial pathogens from the respiratory tract
From: Clinical effects of bacteremia in sepsis patients with community-acquired pneumonia
|  | Non-bacteremia (n = 261) | Bacteremia (n = 44) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|
Gram-positive pathogen | |||
 Staphylococcus aureus | 52 (19.9) | 11 (25.0) | 0.570 |
 Streptococcus pneumoniae | 27 (10.3) | 3 (6.8) | 0.593 |
 Corynebacterium striatum | 11 (4.2) | 2 (4.6) | > 0.99 |
 Coagulase-negative staphylococci | 0 (0) | 6 (13.6) | < 0.001 |
 Enterococcus faecalis | 3 (1.2) | 2 (4.6) | 0.318 |
 Enterococcus faecium | 4 (1.5) | 1 (2.3) | > 0.99 |
Gram-negative pathogen | |||
 Klebsiella pneumoniae | 80 (30.7) | 18 (40.9) | 0.241 |
 Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 37 (14.2) | 9 (20.5) | 0.396 |
 Acinetobacter baumannii | 22 (8.4) | 6 (13.6) | 0.410 |
 Escherichia coli | 17 (6.5) | 8 (18.2) | 0.021 |
 Haemophilus influenza | 15 (5.8) | 0 (0) | 0.210 |
 Proteus spp. | 4 (1.5) | 2 (4.6) | 0.457 |