Table 3.
—Clinical Data Related to Lower Respiratory Tract Infections
| Characteristic | Infections (n = 23) |
| Infection type | |
| Acute bronchitis | 5 (22) |
| Pneumonia, not in obstruction/stent area | 2 (9) |
| Pneumonia, distal to obstruction/stent area | 10 (43) |
| Pneumonia, multilobar | 6 (26) |
| Stent removal required | |
| Yes | 5 (22) |
| No | 18 (78) |
| Care site | |
| Outpatient | 10 (44) |
| Admitted to hospital | 13 (56) |
| Respiratory support | |
| Yes | 2 (9) |
| No | 21 (91) |
| Death within 14 d of infection | |
| Yes | 6 (26) |
| No | 17 (74) |
| Microbiologya | |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 6 |
| Actinomyces | 2 |
| α-Hemolytic strep | 1 |
| Aspergillus | 1 |
| Legionella species; not pneumophilia | 1 |
| Pseudomonas putida | 1 |
| Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin sensitive | 1 |
| Cytomegalovirus | 1 |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 1 |
| Sphingomona (Pseudomonas) paucimobilis | 1 |
| β lactamase negative Haemophilus species | 1 |
Data are presented as No. (%).
a
Some patients had more than one pathogen. Microbiology includes all lower respiratory tract infections, not just first episodes.