Table 1 Bacterial strains detected in patients with COVID-19 and controls
Isolates | Pre-pandemic Era Control Group | Pandemic Era Control Group | COVID-19 patients | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N# | % | N | % | N | % | |
Escherichia coli | 766 | 25.25 | 447 | 26.26* | 22 | 17.89* |
Klebsiella pneumoniae | 324 | 10.68 | 197 | 11.57 | 15 | 12.20 |
Acinetobacter baumannii | 106 | 3.49*** | 53 | 3.11*** | 12 | 9.76*** |
Corynebacterium striatum | 84 | 2.77 | 39 | 2.29 | 5 | 4.07 |
Enterococcus faecium | 174 | 5.74 | 115 | 6.76 | 8 | 6.50 |
Enterococcus faecalis | 201 | 6.62 | 122 | 7.17 | 9 | 7.32 |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 254 | 8.37 | 136 | 7.99 | 8 | 6.50 |
Staphylococcus aureus | 193 | 6.36 | 112 | 6.58 | 11 | 8.94 |
Proteus mirabilis | 79 | 2.60 | 37 | 2.17 | 3 | 2.44 |
Other | 853 | 28.11 | 444 | 26.09 | 30 | 24.39 |
Total | 3034 | 100.00 | 1702 | 100.00 | 123 | 100.00 |