Table 3 Microbiological isolates in blood and pus cultures from patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) or without DM (non-DM)

Positive growth

18

11

0.013

28

43

0.701

–

Polymicrobial growth

1

1

1.000

1

2

1.000

–

10 (9.5)

 Staphylococcus

2

0

0.177^a

1

2

1.000

5(4.7)

 Streptococcus

1

0

0.424^a

0

2

0.525^a

3 (2.9)

 Enterococcus

0

2

0.507^a

0

0

–

2 (1.9)

95 (90.5)

 Klebsiella pneumonia

13

1

0.001

23

25

0.069

62 (59.0)

 Escherichia coli

2

7

0.357

1

12

0.037

22 (21.0)

 Pseudomonas

0

1

1.000^a

0

1

1.000^a

2 (1.9)

 Aeroenterobacter

0

0

–

2

1

0.665

3(2.9)

 Burkholderia cepacia

1

0

0.424^a

1

0

0.380^a

2 (1.9)

 Acinetobacter baumannii

0

0

–

1

0

0.380^a

1(0.95)

 Enterobacter cloacae

0

0

–

0

1

1.000^a

1(0.95)

 Bacillus citrate

0

1

1.000^a

0

0

–

1(0.95)

 Shewanella putrefaciens

0

0

–

0

1

1.000^a

1(0.95)