Table 2.
The number and percentages of each Mycoplasma species isolated from all specimens and samples.
| Positive isolates | Number and percentage of isolates | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. pneumoniae | M. hominis | M. orale | M. salivarium | M. buccale | M. fermentans | ||||||||
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
| Patients | |||||||||||||
| Throat swab | 11 | 2 | 18.18 | 2 | 18.18 | 3 | 27.27 | 2 | 18.18 | 1 | 9.09 | 1 | 9.09 |
| Sputum | 21 | 3 | 14.29 | 4 | 19.05 | 6 | 28.57 | 5 | 23.81 | 3 | 14.29 | — | — |
| Healthy individuals | |||||||||||||
| Throat swab | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 33.33 | 2 | 66.67 | — | — |
| Sputum | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 25.00 | 2 | 50.00 | 1 | 25.00 | — | — |
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| Total | 39 | 5 | 12.82 | 6 | 15.38 | 10 | 25.64 | 10 | 25.64 | 7 | 17.95 | 1 | 2.56 |