TABLE 1.

Number of sputum samples and sputum samples positive for G. argillacea, clinical details, and other culture results

Characteristic	Value/description for subject:
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
No. of sputum samples	79	73	68	13	11	26	78	91
No. of positive samples (%)	29 (36.7)	1 (1.4)	11 (16.8)	9 (69)	15 (73.3)	2 (7.7)	1 (1.3)	29 (31.9)
Age at first isolation (yr)	26	24	27	21	6	19	8	14
CF genotype	DF508 DF508	DF508 DF508	DF508 2184delA	DF508 Q493X	DF508 DF508	DF508 DF508	DF508 1717-1(G>T)	DF508 DF508
FEV1 at first isolation (% predicted)c	15	82	17	55	73	58	58	27
Other organismsa	Af, As, Mv	Af, Sa, MRSA, Pa, Mc	Bccm	Af, Sa, Pa	Af, Sm	Af, Pa, Mc	Bccc, Pa, Af, Ma	Af, Psp, Pa, Ps, Ax, As, Mv
Any associated decline?	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Comment(s)b	Listed for lung transplantation prior to isolation	Two episodes of hemoptysis within 2 months of isolation, not; to be related	Subsequently listed for lung transplantation		CT chest shows plugged dilated bronchus and nodularity in right upper lobe			Listed for lung transplantation prior to isolation thought has subsequently undergone transplantation

^aAf, Aspergillus fumigatus; As, Alcaligenes sp.; Ma, Mycobacterium abscessus; Sa, Staphylococcus aureus; MRSA, methicillin-resistant S. aureus; Pa, Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Mc, Mycobacterium chelonae; Bccm, Burkholderia cepacia complex sp. B. multivorans; Sm, Streptococcus milleri; Bccc, Burkholderia cepacia complex sp. B. cenocepacia; Psp, Paecilomyces sp.; Ps, Pseudoxanthomonas sp.; Ax, Achromobacter xylosoxidans; Mv, Mycobacterium avium; Hf, Haemophilus influenzae.

^bCT, computed tomography.

^cFEVI, forced expiratory volume in 1 s.