Research Article
Direct DNA Sequencing-Based Analysis of Microbiota Associated with Hematological Malignancies in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia
Table 2
Bacterial species detected in blood samples from hematological malignancies.
| | Hematologic malignancies () | No. (%) | Control () | No. (%) | p value |
| | Blood stream infection | 41 (82) | Blood stream infection | 04 (8.0) | <0.05 |
| | Gram-negative group | 24 (58.53) | Gram-negative group | | | | Escherichia coli | 08 (19.51) | — | — | <0.05 | | Klebsiella pneumoniae | 07 (17.07) | — | — | <0.05 | | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 03 (7.31) | — | — | <0.05 | | Enterobacter cloacae | 02 (4.87) | — | — | NS | | Acinetobacter baumannii | 02(4.87) | — | — | NS | | Proteus mirabilis | 02 (4.87) | — | — | NS |
| | Gram-positive group | 17 (43.5) | Gram-positive group | | | | Coagulase -ve staphylococci | 07 (17.07) | Coagulase -ve staphylococci | 01 (2.0) | NS | | Staphylococcus aureus | 04 (9.75) | Staphylococcus aureus | 01 (2.0) | NS | | Viridians streptococci | 06 (14.63) | Staphylococcus epidermidis | 02 (4.0) | NS |
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NS: nonsignificant; is statistically significant. |
