Table 1 Comparison of the microbiota isolated from the PLWD and non-diabetics

Gram-negative bacteria

 Acinetobacter baumannii^**

27

19.6

12

8.8

0.014

 Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

5

3.6

0

0.0

0.06

 Rahnella aquatilis^**

17

12.3

0

0.0

< 0.001

 Citrobacter koseri

4

2.9

0

0.0

0.06

 Enterobacter cloacae

8

5.8

10

7.2

0.81

 Enterobacter bugandensis

1

0.7

0

0.0

0.99

 Escherichia coli

1

0.7

5

3.6

0.21

 Aeromonas jandaei

2

1.4

0

0.0

0.50

 Aeromonas veronii

2

1.4

0

0.0

0.50

 Klebsiella pneumoniae^**

0

0.0

6

4.4

0.03

 Klebsiella aerogenes

2

1.4

1

0.7

0.99

 Klebsiella variicola

4

2.9

0

0.0

0.06

 Providencia stuartii

0

0.0

3

2.2

0.25

 Pseudomonas aeruginosa^**

1

0.7

14

10.2

< 0.001

 Proteus mirabilis^**

3

2.2

15

10.9

0.006

 Kosakonia cowanii

0

0.0

1

0.7

0.99

Gram-positive

 Enterococcus faecalis

1

0.7

0

0.0

0.99

 Streptococcus pneumoniae

1

0.7

1

0.7

1.00

 Streptococcus oralis

4

2.9

0

0.0

0.12

 Staphylococcus aureus

21

15.2

26

19.0

0.52

 Streptococcus peroris

1

0.7

0

0.0

0.99

 Staphylococcus epidermidis

25

18.12

30

21.90

0.54

 Staphylococcus haemolyticus

5

3.6

6

4.4

0.99

 Staphylococcus cohnii

1

0.7

0

0.0

0.99

 Staphylococcus schleiferi

0

0.0

1

0.7

0.99

 Bacillus pumilus

0

0.0

2

1.46

0.50

 Corynebacterium amycolatum

1

0.7

0

0.0

0.99

 Micrococcus luteus

0

0.0

1

0.7

0.99

 Streptococcus mitis

1

0.7

0

0.0

0.99

 Staphylococcus hominis

0

0.0

4

2.92

0.12

 Streptococcus vestibularis

1

0.7

0

0.0

0.99