Prospective Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2015.
World J Gastroenterol. May 14, 2015; 21(18): 5663-5667
Published online May 14, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i18.5663
Table 1 Endoscopic findings in accordance with Streptococcus bovis culture results n (%)
VariableNegative (n = 154)Positive (n = 49)P value
Age, yr60.170.1< 0.0001
Sex, female:male1:1 (77:77)1:1 (25:24)0.9010
Normal colonoscopy102 (66.2)6 (12.2)< 0.0001
Colitis/ileitis7 (4.5)4 (8.1)0.4428
Small polyp26 (16.9)6 (12.2)0.4990
Medium-sized polyp11 (7.1)5 (10.2)0.4885
Large polyp8 (5.2)11 (22.4)0.0003
Malignant tumor017 (34.7)< 0.0001