Table 3

Abundance of isolates belonging to Staphylococcus-like spp. in active and non-active CD patients and control children^*

Isolate identification	Presumptive Staphylococcus isolates per group
Isolate identification	Active CD (100)	Non-active CD (100)	Control (100)
Staphylococcus spp.	86 (86)	74 (74)	70 (70)
S. aureus	20 (20)^a	37 (37)^b	44 (44)^b
S. epidermidis	36 (36)^a	26 (26)^a	13 (13)^b
S. haemolyticus	7 (7)^a	5 (5)^a,b	0^b
S. hominis	0^a	2 (2)^a	0^a
S. pasteuri	4 (4)^a	2 (2)^a	0^a
S. simulans	5 (5)^a	2 (2)^a	0^a
S. warneri	14 (14)^a	0^b	13 (13)^a
Non-Staphylococcus spp.	14 (14) ^a	26 (26) ^b	30 (30)^b
Enterococcus faecalis	14 (14)^a	26 (26)^a	21 (21)^a
Enterococcus faecium	0^a	0^a	9 (9)^b

↵* Data expressed as number of isolates belonging to each species (% respect to the total number of isolates) in each child group under study. Different superscript letters (a or b) in the same row indicate significant differences among active and non-active CD patients and control children on applying χ² test (p<0.05).