Table 3 Distribution of agents causing first episode of peritonitis, by remoteness area
Major city | Inner regional | Outer regional | Remote | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Culture negative | 257 (14.5%) | 103 (19.9%) | 42 (16.3%) | 9 (16.4%) | 0.03 |
Coagulase negative Staphylococcus aureus | 432 (24.4%) | 110 (21.3%) | 50 (19.4%) | 9 (16.4%) | 0.4 |
Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus | 26 (1.5%) | 13 (2.5%) | 5 (1.9%) | 3 (5.5%) | 0.4 |
Methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus | 138 (7.8%) | 38 (7.4%) | 33 (12.8%) | 5 (9.1%) | 0.01 |
Other gram positive | 307 (17.3%) | 77 (14.9%) | 37 (14.3%) | 7 (12.7%) | 0.9 |
Gram negative | 481 (27.1%) | 129 (25.0%) | 69 (26.7%) | 15 (27.3%) | 0.8 |
Anaerobes | 4 (0.2%) | 4 (0.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0.04 |
Fungi | 45 (2.5%) | 14 (2.7%) | 10 (3.9%) | 1 (1.8%) | 0.6 |
Mycobacteria | 7 (0.4%) | 2 (0.4%) | 2 (0.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0.6 |
Other | 73 (4.1%) | 25 (4.8%) | 10 (3.9%) | 5 (9.1%) | 0.09 |
No culture taken | 3 (0.2%) | 2 (0.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (1.8%) | 0.6 |