Fig 1.
Patient inclusion and exclusion flow diagram.
Table 1.
Clinical and laboratory features of the 82 patients with HCAP.
Table 2.
Predominant bacteria according to the molecular method and conventional cultivation methods.
Fig 2.
Comparison of the predominat phylotype and the rates of phylotypes of streptococci or anaerobes.
A) With respect to streptococci, the rate of a predominant phylotype was significantly higher in the patients equal to or older than 75 years of age (the rates of streptococci in the patients younger than 75 years old and equal to or older than 75 years of age were 12.1% and 31.9%, respectively; P<0.05); B) The rates of the phylotypes in each microbiota were significantly higher in the patients equal to or older than 75 years of age (<75 vs ≥75 were 11.0 ± 27.0% and 29.5 ± 34.1%, respectively; P<0.05); C-D) Regarding anaerobes, the rate of the predominant phylotype (<75 vs ≥75 were 11.8% vs 8.7%, respectively; P = 0.46) and the phylotypes in each microbiota (<75 vs ≥75 were 12.7 ± 26.5% vs 10.2 ± 23.1%, respectively; P = 0.66) were not significantly different between the two age groups.
Table 3.
The difference of bacteria according to the molecular method in sputum cultivation.
Table 4.
Results of the molecular method and antibiotics efficacy in patients with positive cultivation of MRSA.