From: Microbiological pattern of arterial catheters in the intensive care unit
AC group (based on Maki's results) | Catheter numbers | Maki result | No. of clones | No. of OTUs ≥97% | Richness indices | Evenness index | Diversity index | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  |  |  |  | Chao | ACE |  | Shannon | Simpson |
Uncolonised ACs | 1 | No-growth | 31 | 18 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 | 11 | No-growth | 24 | 19 |  |  |  |  |  |
 | 16 | No-growth | 27 | 15 |  |  |  |  |  |
 | 48 | 55 | 0.88 | 3.31 | 0.05 |  |  |  |  |
 | 17 | No-growth | 48 | 20 |  |  |  |  |  |
 | 19 | No-growth | 48 | 20 |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Total | 178 | 44 |  |  |  |  |  | |
Colonised ACs | 3 | mixed coagulase-negative Staphylococci | 30 | 19 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 | 7 | S. epidermidis >100 cfu | 47 | 22 |  |  |  |  |  |
 | 12 | mixed coagulase-negative Staphylococci | 90 | 39 | 61 | 69 | 0.81 | 3.20 | 0.07 |
 | 13 | S. epidermidis >100 cfu | 24 | 16 |  |  |  |  |  |
 | 14 | P. aeruginosa >100 cfu | 48 | 19 |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Total | 239 | 51 |  |  |  |  |  |