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Table 2 Number of positive findings of bacteria species at inclusion and in subsequent samples

From: Use of the probiotic Lactobacillus plantarum 299 to reduce pathogenic bacteria in the oropharynx of intubated patients: a randomised controlled open pilot study

 

Throat samples

Tracheal secretions

Species

Inclusion

Subsequent

Inclusion

Subsequent

 

Lp

C

Lp

C

Lp

C

Lp

C

1 Haemophilus influenzae

1

0

0

0

1

2

1

0

2 Moraxella catarrhalis

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

3 Beta-Streptococcus group G

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

4 Streptococcus pneumoniae

1

0

1

0

2

0

0

0

5 Streptococcus pyogenes

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

   1–5 Airway bacteria

3

1

2

0

3

4

2

0

6 Staphylococcus aureus

6

2

1

0

3

0

2

0

7 Citrobacter species

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

8 Escherichia coli

1

2

1

2

1

1

0

1

9 Enterobacter aerogenes

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

1

10 Enterobacter cloacae

1

1

0

2

1

1

0

1

11 Hafnia alvei

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

12 Klebsiella oxytoca

0

0

1

0

0

1

0

1

13 Morganella morgani

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

14 Proteus mirabilis

0

0

1

1

1

0

0

1

15 Proteus vulgaris

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

16 Pseudomonas aeruginosa

0

0

1

2

2

1

0

1

17 Pseudomonas species

0

0

1

1

0

0

2

0

18 Serratia marcescens

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

19 Serratia species

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

20 Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

1

0

0

2

0

0

1

1

21 Streptococcus agalactiae

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

22 Enterococcus faecalis

0

0

3

3

0

0

1

2

23Enterococcus faecium

1

0

1

2

0

0

0

2

   7–23 Enteric bacteria

6

6

11

17

6

4

7

12

24 Candida albicans

5

4

5

9

3

7

5

5

25 Candida parapsilosis

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

26 Candida tropicalis

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

   24–26 Fungi

5

4

6

9

3

8

6

5

  1. Only the first sample in which the species was identified is included in the presented data.
  2. All the isolated Staphylococcus aureus strains were non-MRSA.
  3. No significant differences were found between the two groups.
  4. Lp = patients treated with Lactobacillus plantarum 299; C = control patients treated with chlorhexidine.