Table 2.
The pathogen distribution in sputum cultures of respiratory inpatients from 2018 to 2022.
| Pathogen | 2018 (n = 233) |
2019 (n = 254) |
2020 (n = 271) |
2021 (n = 299) |
2022 (n = 357) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 43 (18.45%) | 41 (16.14%) | 24 (8.86%) * | 54 (18.06%) | 59 (16.53%) |
| Acinetobacter baumannii complex | 40 (17.17%) | 39 (15.35%) | 31 (11.44%) | 49 (16.39%) | 50 (14.01%) |
| Candida albicans | 41 (17.60%) | 25 (9.84%) * | 29 (10.70%) | 38 (12.71%) | 51 (14.29%) |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 16 (6.87%) | 29 (11.42%) | 38 (14.02%) * | 34 (11.37%) | 52 (14.57%) |
| Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | 9 (3.86%) | 9 (3.54%) | 21 (7.75%) * | 28 (9.36%) | 21 (5.88%) |
| Haemophilus influenzae | 23 (9.87%) | 35 (13.78%) | 11 (4.06%) *** | 8 (2.68%) | 8 (2.24%) |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae | 20 (8.58%) | 11 (4.33%) | 11 (4.06%) * | 17 (5.69%) | 14 (3.92%) |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 8 (3.43%) | 7 (2.76%) | 4 (1.48%) | 11 (3.68%) | 32 (8.96%) |
| Burkholderia cepacia complex | 13 (5.58%) | 6 (2.36%) | 22 (8.12%) | 5 (1.67%) | 6 (1.68%) |
| Moraxella catarrhalis | 8 (3.43%) | 12 (4.72%) | 4 (1.48%) | 11 (3.68%) | 7 (1.96%) |
| Escherichia coli | 4 (1.72%) | 8 (3.15%) | 5 (1.84%) | 6 (2.01%) | 9 (2.52%) |
| Other pathogens | 8 (3.43%) | 32 (12.60%) | 71 (26.20%) | 38 (12.71%) | 48 (13.45%) |
* indicated p < 0.05, *** indicated p < 0.001, when compared to the data in the previous years.