Table 1.

The prevalence of different microorganism species whether single growth or associated with other species as well as the success rates of both probing and silastic intubation. Bold numbers to highlight the total numbers of species or procedure.

Type	Total			Single			Mixed
	No.	Success No. (%)		No.	Success No. (%)			Success No.	Total No.
		Probing	Intubation		Probing	Intubation
Streptococcus pneumoniae	87	27 (75.0)	37 (72.5)	49	20 (80.0)	21 (87.5)	5 cultures revealed 3 species	23	38
							Hemophilus influenzae	17	30
							Moraxella catarrhalis	4	6
							Staphylococcus aureus	1	3
							Hemophilus parainfluenzae	2	2
							Pseudomonas aeruginosa	2	2
Hemophilus influenzae	71	17 (70.8)	36 (76.6)	37	11 (78.6)	21 (91.3)	3 cultures revealed 3 species	21	34
							Streptococcus pneumoniae	17	30
							Staphylococcus aureus	1	3
							Moraxella catarrhalis	2	2
							Hemophilus parainfluenzae	2	2
Moraxella catarrhalis	23	10 (100)	10 (76.9)	14	6 (100)	7 (87.5)		7	9
							Streptococcus pneumoniae	4	6
							Hemophilus influenzae	2	2
							Staphylococcus aureus	1	1
Staphylococcus aureus	12	3 (37.5)	4 (100)	6	0 (0.0)	4 (100)	3 cultures revealed 3 species	3	6
							Streptococcus pneumoniae	1	3
							Hemophilus influenzae	1	3
							Pseudomonas aeruginosa	1	2
							Moraxella catarrhalis	1	1
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	7	1 (50.0)	5 (100)	2	N/A	2 (100)	2 cultures revealed 3 species	4	5
							Streptococcus pneumoniae	2	2
							Hemophilus influenzae	2	2
							Staphylococcus aureus	1	2
							Streptococcus pyogenes	1	1
Hemophilus parainfluenzae	4	N/A	4 (100)	0	N/A	N/A	2 cultures revealed 3 species	4	4
							Hemophilus influenzae	2	2
							Streptococcus pneumoniae	2	2
							Pseudomonas aeruginosa	2	2
Others
Streptococcus pyogenes	2	N/A	2 (100)	1	N/A	1 (100)	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	1	1
Serratia marcescens	2	N/A	2 (100)	2	N/A	1 (100)
Streptococcus milleri	1	1 (100)	N/A	1	1 (100)	N/A
Staphylococcus epidermidis	1	1 (100)	N/A	1	1 (100)	N/A