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Table 2 Number and type of infections

From: Effects of probiotics on serum levels of Th1/Th2 cytokine and clinical outcomes in severe traumatic brain-injured patients: a prospective randomized pilot study

 

Probiotic group

Control group

P value

Type of infection

   

   Ventilator-associated pneumonia

7 (43.8%)

13 (68.4%)

0.182

   Pneumoniaa

2 (20%)

1 (16.7%)

1.000

   Urinary tract infection

0

2 (7.7%)

0.471

   Wound infection

0

0

 

   Bloodstream infection

0

0

 

Patients with infections

9 (34.6%)

15 (57.7%)

0.095

   Patients with one infection

9 (34.6%)

14 (53.8%)

 

   Patients with two infections

0

1 (3.8%)

 
  1. Data presented as n (%). aInvolved patients were not mechanically ventilated.