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Table 3 Number of positive findings of bacteria and fungi species at inclusion and in subsequent samples

From: Can probiotics be an alternative to chlorhexidine for oral care in the mechanically ventilated patient? A multicentre, prospective, randomised controlled open trial

Species

Oropharyngeal samples

Tracheal secretions

Inclusion

Subsequent

Inclusion

Subsequent

Lp

C

Lp

C

Lp

C

Lp

C

1. Haemophilus influenzae

4

1

1

1

4

7

3

1

2. Moraxella catarrhalis

2

0

0

1

2

3

1

0

3. Beta-Streptococcus group G

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

4. Streptococcus pneumoniae

1

1

1

0

2

2

4

0

5. Streptococcus pyogenes

1

1

0

0

1

1

0

0

 1–5. Airway bacteria

9

3

3

1

9

13

8

1

6. Staphylococcus aureusa

8

8

8

5

8

6

7

2

7. Coagulase-negative Staphylococci

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

8. Aeromonas hydrophila

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

9. Chryseobacterium indologenes

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

10. Citrobacter Koseri

0

1

0

1

0

0

0

1

11. Citrobacter freundii

1

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

12. Citrobacter sp.

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

13. Escherichia coli

4

6

2

3

4

4

1

2

14. Enterobacter aerogenes

3

3

1

0

0

1

2

1

15. Enterococcus faecalis

1

3

8

8

0

3

2

6

16. Enterococcus faecium

6

1

7

5

2

0

4

4

17. Enterobacter cloacae

2

2

2

4

2

2

1

2

18. Hafnia alvei

1

0

1

4

0

0

1

0

19. Klebsiella oxytoca

0

3

2

1

0

6

2

1

20. Klebsiella pneumoniae

0

3

4

1

0

3

4

1

21. Morganella morgani

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

22. Proteus mirabilis

0

1

3

1

1

1

0

1

23. Proteus vulgaris

0

0

1

1

0

1

1

1

24. Pseudomonas aeruginosa

0

2

2

3

2

3

0

2

25. Pseudomonas sp.

0

0

1

1

0

1

2

0

26. Serratia marcescens

2

1

1

0

0

0

3

0

27. Serratia sp.

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

28. Stenotroph. maltophilia

2

0

4

7

1

1

3

2

29. Streptococcus agalactiae

2

2

1

0

0

1

0

1

30. Streptococcus dysgalactiae

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

31. Anaerobic mixed flora

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

 7–31. Enteric bacteria

24

28

43

42

14

27

28

27

32. Candida albicans

12

16

17

20

9

14

12

14

33. Candida dubliniensis

0

0

1

0

1

0

1

0

34. Candida glabrata

0

0

2

3

1

0

1

2

35. Candida guilliermondii

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

36. Candida parapsilosis

0

0

2

0

0

0

1

0

37. Candida tropicalis

0

0

1

0

0

1

1

0

38. Aspergillus fumigatus

1

0

0

0

1

1

0

1

 32–38. Fungi

13

16

24

24

12

16

16

17

  1. Number of positive findings of bacteria species at inclusion and in subsequent samples. Only the first sample in which a species was identified is included in the presented data. No significant differences were found between the two treatment groups
  2. Lp patients treated with Lactobacillus plantarum 299, C control patients treated with chlorhexidine
  3. aNo methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus was found among isolated S. aureus strains