| |
Purulent Effusions
|
Nonpurulent Effusions
| |
|---|
|
Presence of Bacterial DNA
|
No. of Children (column %) (n = 38)
|
No. of Children (column %) (n = 169)
|
p-value
|
|---|
|
Haemophilus influenzae
|
|
Single organism
|
22 (58)
|
20 (12)
|
<0.001
|
|
Polymicrobial component
|
3 (8)
|
20 (12)
| |
|
None
|
13 (34)
|
129 (76)
| |
|
Streptococcus pneumoniae
| | | |
|
Single organism
|
1 (3)
|
2 (1)
|
0.79
|
|
Polymicrobial component
|
1 (3)
|
6 (4)
| |
|
None
|
36 (95)
|
161 (95)
| |
|
Alloiococcus otitidis
|
|
Single organism
|
2 (5)
|
22 (13)
|
0.40
|
|
Polymicrobial component
|
5 (13)
|
21 (12)
| |
|
None
|
31 (82)
|
126 (75)
| |
|
Moraxella catarrhalis
|
|
Single organism
|
3 (8)
|
11 (7)
|
0.95
|
|
Polymicrobial component
|
4 (11)
|
18 (11)
| |
|
None
|
31 (82)
|
140 (83)
| |
|
Overall
|
|
Single organism
|
28 (74)
|
55 (33)
|
<0.001
|
|
Polymicrobial
|
5 (13)
|
31 (18)
| |
|
No Bacteria Detected
|
5 (13)
|
83 (49)
| |
- *Percent totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding error.
