Aging Might Increase the Incidence of Infection from Permanent Pacemaker Implantation

Table 3

The construction of positive straines in the different time point.

Bacterial strain	The first sampling point		The second sampling point		The third sampling point
	Positive number	Positive ratio	Positive number	Positive ratio	Positive number	Positive ratio
Staphylococcus epidermidis	36***	83.7	34***	66.7	15**	50.0
Staphylococcus capitis	4	9.3	8	15.7	2	6.7
Staphylococcus haemolyticus	1	2.3	3	5.9	0	0.0
Staphylococcus aureus	0	0	3	5.9	0	0.0
Staphylococcus hominis	0	0	2	3.8	6	20.0
Staphylococcus lentus	0	0	0	0.0	4	13.3
Staphylococcus intermedius	2	4.7	1	2.0	3	10.0
Total	43	100	51	100	30	100

^∗∗𝑃<0.01, ^∗∗∗𝑃<0.001 versus the other strain.