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Table 3 Pathogenic bacterial characteristics of elderly bedridden patients with hip fracture and lower respiratory tract infection

From: Elderly patients with concurrent hip fracture and lower respiratory tract infection: the pathogens and prognosis over different bedridden periods

Types Total (%), N = 101 Short-term bedridden group (%), N = 46 Middle-term bedridden group (%), N = 23 Long-term bedridden group (%), N = 32 P
Sputum specimen delivery rate 74 (73.27%) 21 (45.65%) 22 (95.65%) 31 (96.88%) < 0.001
Number of positive sputum culture cases, N = 74 67 (90.54%) 21 (100%) 18 (81.81%) 28 (90.32%) 0.456
Number of bacterial positive cases 62 (83.78%) 17 (81.0%) 17 (77.3%) 28 (90.3%) 0.374
Number of fungal positive cases 50 (67.57%) 10 (47.6%) 14 (63.64%) 26 (83.87%) 0.022
Bacterial species (> 2 species) 24 (32.43%) 10 (47.6%) 7 (31.82%) 7 (22.58%) 0.166
Bacteria combined with fungi 49 (66.22%) 9 (42.86%) 14 (63.64%) 26 (83.87%) 0.009
Number of G bacilli cases, N = 67 54 (80%) 19 (90%) 14 (80%) 21 (76%) 0.813
  Klebsiella pneumonia strains 17 (25.37%) 2 (9.52%) 8 (44.44%) 7 (25%) 0.042
   Drug-resistant bacteria 1 0 1 0 -
  Other enterobacteriaceae strains 17 (25.37%) 6 (28.57%) 4 (22.22%) 7 (25%) 0.939
   Drug-resistant bacteria 2 1 0 1 -
  Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains 12 (17.91%) 1 (4.76%) 2 (11.11%) 9 (32.14%) 0.045
   Drug-resistant bacteria 3 1 1 1 -
  Stenotrophomonas maltophilia strains 9 (13.43%) 2 (9.52%) 1 (5.56%) 6 (21.43%) 0.319
   Drug-resistant bacteria 2 0 0 2 -
  Acinetobacter baumannii strains 7 (10.45%) 2 (9.52%) 3 (16.67%) 2 (7.14%) 0.536
   Drug-resistant bacteria 3 1 1 1 -
  Other Acinetobacter 2 (2.99%) 1 (4.76%) 1 (5.56%) 0 (0) 0.506
Number of G+ coccus cases, N = 67 15 (22.39%) 6 (28.57%) 5 (27.78%) 4 (14.29%) 0.404
Staphylococcus aureus strains 4 (5.94%) 1 (4.76%) 2 (11.11%) 1 (3.57%) 0.675
  Drug-resistant bacteria 3 0 2 1 -
Staphylococcus haemolyticus strains 5 (7.46%) 2 (9.52%) 1 (5.56%) 2 (7.14%) 1.000
  Drug-resistant bacteria 1 0 1 0 -
Staphylococcus epidermidis strains 3 (2.97%) 3 (6.52%) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0.318
  Drug-resistant bacteria 1 1 0 0 -
Other strains 3 (4.48%) 0 (0) 2 (11.11%) 1 (3.57%) 0.349
  Drug-resistant bacteria 2 0 1 1 -
Number of G coccus (Moraxella catarrhalis) cases, N = 67 2 (2.99%) 0 (0%) 2 (11.1%) 0 (0) 0.069
Number of enzyme-resistant bacteria 16 (23.88%) 6 (28.57%) 3 (16.67%) 7 (25%) 0.789
Number of fungal cases, N = 67 50 (74.63%) 11 (52.4%) 17 (94.4%) 22 (78.6%) 0.009
  Candida albicans strains 35 (52.24%) 11 (52.4%) 12 (66.7%) 12 (42.9%) 0.288
  Candida glabrata strains 11 (16.42%) 2 (9.5%) 3 (16.7%) 6 (21.4%) 0.645
  Candida tropicalis strains 8 (11.92%) 0 (0) 2 (11.11%) 6 (21.43%) 0.049
  Candida krusei strains 6 (8.96%) 0 (0) 5 (27.8%) 1 (3.6%) 0.005
  Candida rotundifolia strains 1 (1.49%) 0 (0) 1 (5.6%) 0 (0) 0.269
  Aspergillus fumigates strains 1 (1.49%) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (3.6%) 1.000
Number of enzyme-resistant fungi 2 (2.99%) 0 (0)   2 (7.14%) -
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