A Retrospective Cohort Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Sequential versus Concurrent Intrapleural Instillation of Tissue Plasminogen Activator and DNase for Pleural Infection
Table 3
Pleural infection bacteriology ().
Culture-positive pleural fluid
52
Streptococcus viridans
23 (44.2)
Streptococcus anginosus (anginosus, intermedius, and constellatus)
21
Streptococcus mitis
2
Streptococcus salivarius
1
Streptococcus pneumoniae
2 (3.8)
Staphylococcus aureus
9 (12.9)
Klebsiella spp.
7 (13.5)
Escherichia coli
3 (5.7)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
2 (3.8)
Other Enterobacteriaceae
5 (9.6)
Anaerobes
10 (19.2)
Fusobacterium
5
Parvimonas micra
4
Other anaerobes
3
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
6 (11.5)
Polymicrobial infection
12 (23.1)
Data are presented in number (percentage). Other Enterobacteriaceae are Proteus mirabilis, Enterobacter, Citrobacter koseri, Morganella morganii, Elizabethkingia spp. Other anaerobes are Prevotella spp, Campylobacter, and Pseudopropionibacterium propionicum.
