Table 5

- Distribution of Gram (+) and Gram (-) bacterial species accompanying Candida infection isolated from coronavirus disease-19 positive and coronavirus disease-19 negative patients.

Gram bacteria speciesCOVID-19 (+)COVID-19 (-)P-valueχ2df
Gram (+) bacteria species
Coagulase-negative Staphylococci5 (33.3)4 (66.6)0.024*16.107
Enterococcus faecium8 (53.3)0 (0.0)
Enterococcus spp2 (13.3)2 (33.3)
Total15 (100)6 (100)
Gram (-) bacteria species
Acinetobacter spp13 (36.1)7 (28)0.13111.187
Klebsiella spp15 (41.7)10 (40)
Escherichia coli2 (5.6)0 (0.0)
Pseudomonas spp2 (5.6)6 (24)
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia1 (2.8)0 (0.0)
Proteus spp0 (0.0)2 (8)
Klebsiella spp + Pseudomonas1 (2.8)0 (0.0)
Klebsiella spp + Acinetobacter2 (5.6)0 (0.0)
Total36 (100)25 (100)
  • Values are presented as numbers and percentages (%). The comparisons of categorical variables between groups were analyzed with the Chi-square (χ2) test. A p-value of <0.05 was considered significant.

  • COVID-19: coronavirus disease-19, χ2: Ki-kare, df: degree of freedom