Oral Colonization of Staphylococcus Species in a Peritoneal Dialysis Population: A Possible Reservoir for PD-Related Infections?

Table 4

Prevalence of Staphylococcus species identified in isolates from saliva of peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients and controls.

	PD patients	Controls	value
Staphylococcus species
S. epidermidis	89.5%	92.3%	>0.999
S. aureus spp. aureus	21.1%	23.1%	>0.999
S. capitis	15.8%	7.7%	0.629
S. saprophyticus	10.5%	15.4%	>0.999
S. hominis	5.3%	23.1%	0.279
S. cohnii spp. cohnii	5.3%	0%	>0.999
S. pasteuri	5.3%	7.7%	>0.999
S. lugdunensis	0%	7.7%	0.406
S. warneri	0%	15.4%	0.157
Multispecies	36.8%	76.9%	0.026

Results are prevalence (%); PD, peritoneal dialysis; .