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Table 2 Detection and distribution of pathogenic bacteria

From: Pathogen distribution in pulmonary infection in chinese patients with lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Pathogenic bacteria

Ā 

No. studies

No. positive

No. Strains

% (95%, CI)

Heterogeneity

Chi2

P-value

I2

Gram-negative bacteria

Klebsiella pneumoniae

15

428

2,683

17 (12, 21)

201.65

<ā€‰0.00001

93%

Ā 

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

15

382

2,683

14 (12, 16)

32.71

0.003

57%

Ā 

Escherichia coli

12

356

2,444

13 (8, 18)

249.42

<ā€‰0.00001

95%

Ā 

Acinetobacter baumannii

15

202

2,683

7 (6, 9)

41.31

0.0002

66%

Ā 

Enterobacter cloacae

8

69

1,508

4 (3, 5)

10.20

0.18

31%

Ā 

Haemophilus influenza

6

82

1,782

4 (3, 5)

4.96

0.55

0%

Gram-positive bacteria

Staphylococcus aureus

15

269

2,683

9 (7, 12)

56.00

<ā€‰0.00001

75%

Ā 

Staphylococcus haemolyticus

11

104

1,832

4 (2, 6)

65.59

<ā€‰0.00001

85%

Ā 

Streptococcus

11

93

2,123

4 (3, 5)

14.01

0.17

29%

Ā 

Staphylococcus epidermidis

8

57

1,457

1 (0, 3)

2.77

0.91

0%

Fungi

Candida albicans

10

138

1,973

6 (4, 9)

77.60

<ā€‰0.00001

88%

Ā 

Candida tropicalis

8

60

1,885

3 (2, 4)

6.56

0.48

0%

Ā 

Candida globus

7

41

1,694

2 (1, 3)

12.12

0.06

50%