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Table 4 Microorganisms isolated from respiratory samples

From: Microbiological features of drowning-associated pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

 

Total a

(N = 171)

Seawater

(N = 43)

Freshwater

(N = 106)

p value

Presumed susc AMC

Presumed susc CFT

Presumed susc PTZ

Aeromonas sp.

20 (11.7)

0

19 (17.9)

0.001

 + 

 + 

Haemophilus influenzae

19 (11.1)

7 (16.3)

12 (11.3)

0.4

 + 

 + 

 + 

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

12 (7.0)

5 (11.6)

6 (5.6)

0.3

 + 

Enterobacter cloacae

8 (4.7)

3 (6.9)

3 (2.8)

0.3

 ± 

 + 

Escherichia coli

7 (4)

3 (6.9)

4 (3.8)

0.4

 + 

 + 

 + 

Enterobacter aerogenes

5 (2.9)

3 (6.9)

0

0.02

 ± 

 + 

Citrobacter koserii

4 (2.3)

2 (4.6)

2 (1.9)

0.6

 + 

 + 

 + 

Klebsielle sp.

4 (2.3)

2 (4.6)

2 (1.9)

0.6

 ± 

 + 

 + 

Gram negative, unspecified

4 (2.3)

0

4 (3.8)

0.3

?

?

?

Morganella morganii

2 (1.1)

0

1 (0.9)

1

 ± 

 + 

Moraxella catarrhalis

2 (1.1)

0

2 (1.8)

1

 + 

 + 

 + 

Acinetobacter sp.

2 (1.1)

0

2 (1.9)

1

 ± 

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

2 (1.1)

0

2 (1.9)

1

 ± 

Citrobacter freundi

1 (0.6)

0

1 (0.9)

1

 ± 

 + 

Klebsiella pneumoniae

1 (0.6)

1 (2.3)

0

0.3

 + 

 + 

 + 

Klebsiella oxytoca

1 (0.6)

1 (2.3)

0

0.3

 + 

 + 

 + 

Bacteroides sp.

1 (0.6)

0

1 (0.9)

1

 + 

 + 

Vibrio alginolyticus

1 (0.6)

1 (2.3)

0

0.3

?

 + 

 + 

Serratia marcescens

1 (0.6)

0

1 (0.9)

1

 ± 

 + 

Flavobacterium odoratum

1 (0.6)

0

1 (0.9)

1

?

?

?

Staphylococcus aureus

21 (12.3)

6 (13.9)

13 (12.2)

0.8

 + 

 + 

 + 

Streptococcus pneumoniae

13 (7.6)

5 (11.6)

8 (7.5)

0.4

 + 

 + 

 + 

Streptococcus pyogenes

3 (1.7)

0

3 (2.8)

0.6

 + 

 + 

 + 

Bacillus cereus

1 (0.6)

0

1 (0.9)

1

Flora, unspecified

35 (20.5)

4 (9.3)

18 (16.9)

0.3

?

?

?

Polymicrobial

18 (10.5)

8 (18.6)

10 (9.4)

0.2

 ± 

 ± 

 ± 

Aspergillus sp.

1 (0.6)

0

1 (0.9)

1

b

b

b

Candida sp.

2 (1.1)

0

2 (1.9)

1

b

b

b

  1. Susceptibility of microorganism is based on theorical susceptibility of wild-type colonies (Based on EUCAST). Importantly, local antimicrobial resistance could vary widely and antimicrobial therapy should be adjusted to local microbiological ecology AMC amoxicillin-clavulanate; CFT cefotaxime; PTZ piperacillin-tazobactam; Susc susceptibility
  2. aWater salinity of 22 samplings could not be found
  3. bnon applicable