Identification and detection of pathogenic bacteria from patients with hospital-acquired pneumonia in southwestern Iran; evaluation of biofilm production and molecular typing of bacterial isolates

Table 3 Bacterial identified in this study from patients with VAP and NV-HAP using culture and PCR methods

Bacteria	VAP		NV-HAP		P value*	P value**
Bacteria	Culture (N = 38)	PCR (N = 39)	Culture (N = 16)	PCR (N = 17)	P value*	P value**
Acinetobacter baumannii	18 (47.4%)	18 (46.2%)	2 (12.5%)	2 (11.8%)	0.016	0.014
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	10 (26.3%)	10 (25.6%)	3 (18.7%)	3 (17.6%)	0.554	0.518
Staphylococcus aureus	6 (15.8%)	6 (15.4%)	9 (56.3%)	9 (52.9%)	0.003	0.004
Escherichia coli	4 (10.5%)	5 (12.8%)	2 (12.5%)	2 (11.8%)	0.832	0.918
Klebsiella pneumonia	0	0	0	1 (5.9%)	–	–
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%

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