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. 2011 Sep 29;25(1):12–18. doi: 10.1016/j.pupt.2011.08.004

Table 5.

Positive sputum cultures for bacterial pathogens in patients with a positive PCR for a virus.

COPD
Stage I
Stage II
Stage III/IV
Bacteria
SA HI KP PA SM Sm AB SA HI KP PA SM Sm AB SA HI KP PA SM Sm AB
Virus
hRSVA 2 1 2 1 1
hRSVB 1 1 1
Adenovirus 1
Coronavirus 1
Rhinovirus 1 1
hPIV3 1
PIV3
PIV4 1
Echovirus 1
Enterovirus B 1
hMPVA 1
hMPVB 1
Influenza A
Influenza B
Influenza C

SA = Staphylococcus aureus, HI = Haemophilus influenzae, KP = Klebsiella pneumoniae, PA = Pseudomonas aeruginosa, SM = Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Sm = Serratia marcescens, AB = Acinetobacter baumanii, hRSVA = human Respiratory Suncytial Virus A, hRSVB = human Respiratory Suncytial Virus B, hPIV3 = human Parainfluenza Virus type 3, PIV3 = Parainfluenza Virus type 3, PIV4 = Parainfluenza Virus type 4, hMPVA = human Metapneumovirus type A, hMPVB = human Metapneumovirus type B, the numbers indicate the positive samples for a certain virus.