Bacteriology | Chest tube + lavage-irrigation N = 127 | Chest tube thoracostomy N = 119 |
Culture positive | 61 (48.03) | 49 (41.17) |
Gram positive aerobic organisms Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus epidermidis Streptococcus pneumoniae Streptococcus pyogenes Enterococcus faecalis |
14 2 5 2 2 |
11 5 4 0 1 |
Gram-Negative aerobic organism Haemophilus influenzae Citrobacter freundii Klebsiella pneumoniae |
3 0 8 |
3 1 4 |
Anaerobic organisms Bacteroides melaninogenicus Bacteroides vulgatus Peptostreptococcus Echerichia coli |
1 0 3 19 |
0 1 7 10 |
Fungal organism Aspergillus fumigatus Candida albicans |
1 1 |
0 2 |