Table 3.
Bacterial colonization of respiratory tract among 84 patients with NTM lung diseases and 47 non-NTM BE patients
| |
NTM lung diseases patients (N = 84) |
Non-NTM BE patients (N = 47) |
P
value |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any isolates | 17 | (20.2%) | 12 | (25.5%) | 1.00 |
|
Single isolate in one patient |
15 |
(19.7%) |
12 |
(26.7%) |
0.38 |
|
Klebsiella pneumoniae |
4 |
(4.8%) |
5 |
(10.6%) |
0.28 |
|
Streptococcus pneumoniae |
1 |
(1.2%) |
1 |
(2.1%) |
1.00 |
|
Streptococcus species, viridans group |
1 |
(1.2%) |
0 |
|
1.00 |
| Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus |
1 |
(1.2%) |
0 |
|
1.00 |
| Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
2 |
(2.4%) |
0 |
|
0.54 |
|
Pseudomonas fluorescens |
1 |
(1.2%) |
0 |
|
1.00 |
|
Pseudomonas putida |
1 |
(1.2%) |
0 |
|
1.00 |
|
Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
2 |
(2.4%) |
5 |
(10.6%) |
0.10 |
|
Aeromonas hydrophila |
1 |
(1.2%) |
1 |
(2.1%) |
1.00 |
|
Neisseria species |
1 |
(1.2%) |
0 |
|
1.00 |
|
Multiple microorganisms |
2 |
(2.4%) |
0 |
|
0.54 |
| Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas fluorescens |
1 |
(1.2%) |
0 |
|
1.00 |
| Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Klebsiellapneumoniae | 1 | (1.2%) | 0 | 1.00 | |
Abbreviations: NTM nontuberculous mycobacteria, BE bronchiectasis.