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Table 4 Risk ratio Lp/C with 95% confidence intervals

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

Microbe

Sample

Risk ratio (95% confidence interval)

Airway bacteria

Oropharyngeal

0.99 (0.14–6.79)

Tracheal

4.12 (0.47–35.95)

Staphylococci

Oropharyngeal

1.81 (0.55–5.89)

Tracheal

4.33 (0.95–19.65)

Enteric bacteria

Oropharyngeal

1.10 (0.75–1.60)

Tracheal

1.14 (0.65–2.00)

Fungi

Oropharyngeal

0.53 (0.30–0.95)

Tracheal

1.07 (0.56–2.05)

  1. Risk ratios for different groups of new emerging microbes
  2. Lp patients treated with Lactobacillus plantarum 299, C control patients treated with chlorhexidine
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