Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Table 3 Microbiological results-pathogens

From: Postoperative differences between colonization and infection after pediatric cardiac surgery-a propensity matched analysis

	After propensity matching
	Infection (n=141)		Colonization (n=141)
Variable	N	%	N	%	p-value
Gram negative	48	34%	50	35%	0.92
Gram positive	84	59%	99	70%	0.04
Fungal	9	6%	7	5%	0.62
Enterobacter sp.	10	7%	13	9%	0.39
Klebsiella	8	6%	7	5%	0.75
Pseudomonas sp.	17	12%	16	11%	0.83
Coag. Neg. Staph. Aureus	45	32%	73	52%	0.001
Staph. Aureus	21	15%	9	6%	0.002
Enterococcus sp.	11	8%	14	10%	0.42
Other	29	20%	31	22%	0.79

Data are presented as the number of occurrences and the percentage. P-values are based on two-sided chi squared or Fischer’s exact tests (as appropriate). Statistically significant (p < 0.05) values are presented in bold.

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