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Table 4 Comparison of the number of patients with Pathogenic Bacteria in the oral cavity

From: Application of double-sleeve endotracheal tube in infection control for icu patients: a randomized controlled trial

Outcome

DETT group(n = 58)

ETT group

(n = 57)

χ2

p value

Total number of patients, n(%)

10(17.24)

18(31.58)

3.208

0.073

Streptococcus pneumoniae, n(%)

0

0

-

-

Haemophilus influenzae, n(%)

0

0

-

-

Staphylococcus aureus, n(%)

5(8.62)

8(14.04)

0.841

0.359

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, n(%)

4(6.89)

7(12.28)

0.963

0.326

Enterobacter cloacae, n(%)

0

0

-

-

Escherichia coli,, n(%)

0

0

-

-

Candida albicans, n(%)

1(1.72)

2(3.51)

-

0.618a

Acinetobacter Baumannii, n(%)

0

1(1.75)

-

0.496a

  1. a indicates Fisher’s exact test