Research Article
Different Clinical Utility of Oropharyngeal Bacterial Screening prior to Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy in Oncological and Neurological Patients
Table 3
Characteristic of patients with PEG site infection (
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| | Indication | All | Neurological | Cancer |
| | PEG site infection | 30 (10.9%) | 18 (8.7%) | 12 (17.6%) | | Severe infection | 5 (1.8%) | 5 (2.4%) | 0 | | Concordance between oropharyngeal and PEG site pathogens | 17 (57%) | 10 (56%) | 7 (58%) | | ATB prophylaxis | 30 (100%) | 18 (100%) | 12 (100%) | | Coamoxicillin | 29 (97%) | 17 (94%) | 12 (100%) | | Cefuroxime | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Other | 1 (3%) | 1 (6%) | 0 | | 30 days of mortality | 4 (13%) | 4 (22%) | 0 |
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