Table 5 Concordance between cultures in patients with positive chest tube tip culture and a postoperative infection
From: Diagnostic value of routine chest tube tip culture in surgery for noninfectious lung disease
Patient | Infection | Organism from | |
|---|---|---|---|
Chest tube tip | Wound, sputum, pleural effusion or blood | ||
1 | SSI | Klebsiella pneumoniae | Wound: Klebsiella pneumoniae |
2 | SSI, pneumonia | Staphylococcus aureus | Wound: Staphylococcus aureus |
3 | SSI | CNS, Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis | No pathogen isolated |
4 | SSI | CNS | Wound: CNS |
5 | SSI, Pneumonia, Empyema | Staphylococcus aureus | Wound: Staphylococcus aureus, pleural effusion: Staphylococcus aureus |
6 | SSI, Empyema | Staphylococcus aureus | Wound: Staphylococcus aureus, pleural effusion: Staphylococcus aureus |
7 | Pneumonia | CNS | Sputum: Candida speciesa |
8 | Pneumonia | CNS, Enterococcus faecium | Sputum: Aspergillus fumigatus, Candida speciesa |
9 | Pneumonia | CNS | No pathogen isolated |
10 | Pneumonia | CNS | Sputum: Serratia species |
11 | Pneumonia | CNS | No pathogen isolated |
12 | Pneumonia | CNS | Sputum: Enterobacter cloacae complex, Klebsiella pneumoniae |
13 | Pneumonia | CNS, Enterococcus faecalis | Sputum: Candida speciesa |