Table 2 Median [Interquartile Range] of numbers of sputum specimens, total numbers of organisms and numbers of co-infecting organisms [per patient] in each group. Mean ± SD numbers of individual co-infecting organisms isolated per patient in each group.
Measurement | Patient Group | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Â | BCC | PA | NI |
No. of Patients | 23 | 30 | 26 |
Total No. of Specimens / patient | 24 [9.0–59.0] | 19.5 [5.5–34.5] | 0 [0–9.8] |
Total No. of Organisms / patient †| 32 [16.0–79.0] | 24 [7.8–46.3] | 0 [0–11.3] |
No. of Co-infecting Organisms / patient ‡ | 15 [8.0–20.0] | 3.5 [0.8–11.3] | 0 [0–4.3] |
P. aeruginosa co-infection | 14.4 ± 19.7 | - | 0.1 ± 0.3 |
S. aureus co-infection | 3.6 ± 4.8 | 2.0 ± 4.1 | 3.7 ± 7.5 |
H. influenza co-infection | 1.8 ± 2.9 | 0.7 ± 1.6 | 1.1 ± 3.1 |
S. pneumonia co-infection | 0.6 ± 1.2 | 0.2 ± 0.5 | 0.4 ± 1.0 |
S. maltophilia co-infection | 0.9 ± 1.5 | 2.6 ± 6.6 | 1.7 ± 6.3 |
Other organism co-infection | 1.4 ± 1.9 | 3.1 ± 5.9 | 1.7 ± 3.2 |