Research Article

Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Occult Pulmonary Infection in Elderly Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Table 1

The distribution of pathogenic bacteria detected from the patients in OP and NOP groups.

PathogensOP ()NOP ()

Gram-negative bacteria134 (53.8%)198 (61.1%)
Klebsiella pneumoniae34 (13.7%)69 (21.3%)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa39 (15.7%)55 (17.0%)
Acinetobacter baumannii36 (14.5%)28 (8.6%)
Escherichia coli9 (3.6%)21 (6.5%)
Enterobacter cloacae0 (0.0%)18 (5.6%)
Pseudomonas maltophilia16 (6.4%)7 (2.2%)
Gram-positive bacteria79 (31.7%)80 (24.7%)
Streptococcus pneumoniae30 (12.0%)23 (7.1%)
Staphylococcus aureus22 (8.8%)30 (9.3%)
Staphylococcus epidermidis18 (7.2%)16 (4.9%)
Hemolytic Staphylococcus9 (3.6%)0 (0.0%)
Enterococcus0 (0.0%)11 (3.4%)
Fungi36 (14.5%)46 (14.2%)
Candida albicans19 (7.6%)33 (10.2%)
Candida tropicalis12 (4.8%)11 (3.4%)
 Others5 (2.0%)2 (0.6%)