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