Table 2 Bacteria distributions in nosocomial and community-acquired spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
Pathogen | No. (%) of patients | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total (n = 334, %) | Nosocomial SBP (n = 155, %) | Community-acquired SBP (n = 179, %) | ||
Gram-negative bacteria | 178 (53.3) | 75 (48.4) | 103 (57.5) | 0.094 |
Escherichia coli | 81 (24.3) | 32 (20.6) | 49 (27.4) | 0.152 |
Klebsiella pneumoniae | 40 (12.0) | 14 (9.0) | 26 (14.5) | 0.123 |
Acinetobacter spp. | 11 (3.3) | 6 (3.9) | 5 (2.8) | 0.582 |
Enterobacter cloacae | 7 (2.1) | 3 (1.9) | 4 (2.2) | 0.849 |
Enterobacter species | 19 (5.7) | 8 (5.2) | 11 (6.1) | 0.699 |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 7 (2.1) | 3 (1.9) | 4 (2.2) | 0.849 |
Aeromonas species | 4 (1.2) | 1 (0.6) | 3 (1.7) | 0.719 |
Sphingomonas paucimobilis | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0.464 |
Salmonella | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.6) | NS |
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | 7 (2.1) | 7 (4.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0.004 |
Gram-positive bacteria | 138 (41.3) | 73 (47.1) | 65 (36.3) | 0.046 |
Streptococcus pneumoniae | 6 (1.8) | 1 (0.6) | 5 (2.8) | 0.289 |
Streptococcus (other than S. pneumoniae) | 26 (7.8) | 8 (5.2) | 18 (10.1) | 0.096 |
Enterococcus faecalis | 16 (4.8) | 14 (9.0) | 2 (1.1) | 0.002 |
Enterococcus faecium | 35 (10.5) | 28 (18.1) | 7 (3.9) | < 0.001 |
Other Enterococcus | 3 (0.9) | 1 (0.6) | 2 (1.1) | NS |
Staphylococcus aureus | 16 (4.8) | 9 (5.8) | 7 (3.9) | 0.418 |
Coagulase-negative staphylococci | 31 (9.3) | 12 (7.7) | 19 (10.6) | 0.376 |
Listeria monocytogenes | 5 (1.5) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (2.8) | 0.064 |
Fungi | 14 (4.2) | 6 (4.5) | 8 (3.9) | 0.786 |
Candida albicans | 7 (2.1) | 3 (2.6) | 4 (1.7) | |
Candida glabrata | 3 (0.9) | 1 (0.6) | 2 (1.1) | |
Candida tropicalis | 2 (0.6) | 1 (0.6) | 1 (0.6) | |
Candida parapsilosis | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | |
Cryptococcus neoformans | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.6) | |
Anaerobe | 4 (1.2) | 1 (0.6) | 3 (1.7) | 0.627 |