Table 2.
Proportion of children with a given dominant bacterial taxon by age group, 6 months to <5 years (n = 263) or 5 to <18 years (n = 120)
| 6 months to <5 years | 5 to <18 years | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sputum | NP/OP | Sputum | NP/OP | |
| Taxa | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) |
| Streptococcus sp. | 112 (42.6) | 188 (71.5) | 50 (41.7) | 58 (48.3) |
| Moraxella sp. | 60 (22.8) | 19 (7.2) | 3 (2.5) | 30 (25.0) |
| Haemophilus sp. | 36 (13.7) | 22 (8.4) | 4 (3.3) | 10 (8.3) |
| Prevotella sp. | 20 (7.6) | 3 (1.1) | 38 (31.7) | 2 (1.7) |
| Pasteurellaceae family | 16 (6.1) | 9 (3.4) | 6 (5) | 2 (1.7) |
| Neisseria sp. | 7 (2.7) | 10 (3.8) | 4 (3.3) | (0) |
| Fusobacterium sp. | 3 (1.1) | (0) | 2 (1.7) | 1 (0.8) |
| Veillonella sp. | 3 (1.1) | 5 (1.9) | 2 (1.7) | 1 (0.8) |
| Corynebacterium sp. | 1 (0.4) | (0) | (0) | 2 (1.7) |
| Dolosigranulum sp. | 1 (0.4) | (0) | 1 (0.8) | (0) |
| Leptotrichia sp. | 1 (0.4) | (0) | 1 (0.8) | 2 (1.7) |
| Mycoplasma sp. | 1 (0.4) | (0) | 6 (5) | (0) |
| Rothia sp. | 1 (0.4) | 2 (0.8) | 1 (0.8) | 3 (2.5) |
| Porphyromonadaceae family | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.8) | 5 (4.2) |
| Actinomyces sp. | (0) | (0) | 1 (0.8) | (0) |
| Gemella sp. | (0) | 2 (0.8) | (0) | 1 (0.8) |
| Bacteroidetes phylum | (0) | 2 (0.8) | (0) | 3 (2.5) |