Table 2.

Pathogen isolates from the paired cough swab, sputum induction, and bronchoalveolar samples

	Cough swab	Sputum induction	Bronchoalveolar lavage sample 1 (RML)	Bronchoalveolar lavage sample 2 (LLi)	Bronchoalveolar lavage sample 3 (RLL, RUL, LLL, LUL)
5	..	H influenzae	H influenzae	H influenzae	..
22*	S aureus	H influenzae; S aureus; P aeruginosa	H influenzae; S aureus	H influenzae; S aureus	H influenzae; S aureus
45*	..	B cenocepacia	..	..	..
57	..	..	H influenzae	H influenzae	H influenzae
60	..	P aeruginosa	..	..	..
70†	..	A xylosoxidans	..	H influenzae	H influenzae; A xylosoxidans
73†	..	S aureus	S aureus	S aureus	S aureus; B multivorans
78	..	P aeruginosa; B multivorans	P aeruginosa	P aeruginosa; B multivorans	P aeruginosa; B multivorans
79	P aeruginosa	..	..	..	..
80†	..	S aureus	S aureus	S aureus	S aureus
86‡	..	..	..	M abscessus	..
91	S aureus; S maltophilia	S aureus; S maltophilia	S aureus	S aureus	S aureus; S maltophilia
101†	..	..	H influenzae; S aureus	H influenzae; S aureus	H influenzae; S aureus
104†	H influenzae; S aureus	H influenzae; S aureus; B multivorans	H influenzae; S aureus; B multivorans	H influenzae; S aureus; B multivorans	H influenzae; S aureus; B multivorans
107	..	B cepacia	..	..	..
108*	..	S aureus; B multivorans	S aureus	B multivorans	S aureus; B multivorans
115	..	..	MRSA	MRSA	MRSA
121‡	..	S maltophilia	S maltophilia	S maltophilia	S aureus; S maltophilia
127†	..	..	..	S maltophilia	S maltophilia
134	..	MRSA	..	..	..
174*	P aeruginosa	P aeruginosa	P aeruginosa	P aeruginosa	P aeruginosa
178	..	..	..	..	P aeruginosa
179	S aureus	S aureus	S aureus	S aureus	S aureus
184	..	H influenzae	..	H influenzae	H influenzae
196	..	..	S aureus	S aureus	S aureus
208†	..	M abscessus	M abscessus	..	..
209	..	P aeruginosa	P aeruginosa	P aeruginosa	P aeruginosa
212	..	H influenzae	H influenzae	H influenzae	H influenzae

Of the 13 contributions that were negative with all sampling techniques (not shown), two were from patients who were asymptomatic. Of the six patients who contributed twice, one had no pathogens detected in either contributions. RML=right middle lobe. LLi=left lingular. RLL=right lower lobe. RUL=right upper lobe. LLL=left lower lobe. LUL=left upper lobe. MRSA=meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

^*Patients who contributed twice; other contribution was negative.

^†Patients who were asymptomatic.

^‡One patient contributed twice and had different pathogens detected on the repeat procedure.