Table 3.
The result of semiquantitative values of bacteria measured by the Pneumonia panel and the positive cultural method
| Bacteria | Methods | Methods | Methods | Methods | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PN (107) | CM | PN (106) | CM | PN (105) | CM | PN (104) | CM | |
| A. baumannii | 21 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Enterobacter cloacae complex | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Escherichia coli | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Haemophilus influenzae | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Klebsiella aerogenes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae group | 13 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 0 |
| Moraxella catarrhalis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Proteus spp. | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 9 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Serratia marscens | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Streptococcus agalactiae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total overall | 72 | 33 | 46 | 10 | 68 | 8 | 59 | 0 |
Data are presented as n
CM cultural method; PN panel Pneumonia panel