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Table 3 Type of donor and recipient bronchial colonization prior to LT

From: Morbidity and mortality related to pneumonia and TRACHEOBRONCHITIS in ICU after lung transplantation

Bacteria

Donor’s bacteria (n = 51)

Recipient’s bacteria (n = 76)

*p

Gram-positive bacteria, n (%)

31 (61)

16 (21)

< 0.0001

 - Coagulase-negative Staphylococci

1 (2)

0 (0)

0.4

- Staphylococcus aureus

15 (29)

12 (16)

0.08

- Streptococcus spp

11 (22)

4 (5)

0.0096

 - Other Gram-positive bacteria

4 (8)

0 (0)

0.024

Gram-negative bacteria, n (%)

20 (39)

60 (79)

< 0.001

- Enterobacteriaceae

12 (23)

22 (29)

0.54

Enterobacter spp

2 (4)

6 (8)

0.47

Escherichia coli

5 (9)

7 (9)

1

Klebsiella spp

0 (0)

5 (7)

0.08

Serratia marcescens

0 (0)

2 (2.5)

0.51

Proteus spp

2 (4)

1 (1.25)

0.56

Hafnia alvei

2 (4)

0 (0)

0.16

Citrobacter spp

1 (2)

1 (1.25)

1

- Haemophilus influenzae

3 (6)

9 (12)

0.36

- Non-fermenting Gram-negative bacilli

2 (4)

24 (31,75)

< 0.0001

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

1 (2)

20 (26,75)

0.002

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

1 (2)

4 (5)

0.64

- Neisseria spp

0 (0)

1 (1.25)

1

- Branhamella catarrhalis

0 (0)

4 (5)

0.15

- Other Gram-negative bacteria

3 (6)

0 (0)

0.06

  1. *p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant