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. 2020 Aug 25;6(3):00115-2020. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00115-2020

TABLE 3.

Examined bacterial species collected from nasal lavage, sputum, saliva and toothbrush of adults free from Pseudomonas aeruginosa (AN) lung colonisation at different visits during the study

Patient ID Sample Visit 1 Visit 2 Visit 3 Visit 4 Visit 5 No. samples
AN1 Nasal lavage n n n n 4
Sputum n n n n 4
Saliva n n n 3
Toothbrush n n AXY 3
AN2 Nasal lavage AXY PAE n 3
Sputum AXY AXY, SAU AXY 3
Saliva AXY PAE, SAU 2
Toothbrush n 1
AN3 Nasal lavage SAU n SAU 3
Sputum SAU SAU, SMA SAU 3
Saliva SAU, SMA SAU 2
Toothbrush n n 2
AN4 Nasal lavage AXY n 2
Sputum AXY SAU, SMA 2
Saliva 0
Toothbrush 0
AN5 Nasal lavage n n n 3
Sputum AXY AXY AXY 3
Saliva AXY, SEM AXY, SMA 2
Toothbrush n SEM 2
AN6 Nasal lavage n n n 3
Sputum SEM n n 3
Saliva n n 2
Toothbrush n n 2
AN7 Nasal lavage n n SAU 3
Sputum SAU, SMA SAU SAU 3
Saliva SAU SAU 2
Toothbrush n n 2
AN8 Nasal lavage n SAU SAU 3
Sputum SMA SAU SAU, SMA 3
Saliva SMA, SAU n 2
Toothbrush n 1
AN9 Nasal lavage PAE PAE, SAU PAE, SAU PAE, SAU PAE, SAU 5
Sputum PAE, AXY PAE, SAU, AXY AXY AXY AXY, SAU 5
Saliva SAU, AXY 1
Toothbrush n n 2
AN10 Nasal lavage n n AXY 3
Sputum AXY AXY AXY 3
Saliva SMA AXY, SMA 2
Toothbrush n n 2
AN11 Nasal lavage n n n 3
Sputum SAU SAU n 3
Saliva SAU 1
Toothbrush SEM 1
AN12 Nasal lavage SAU SAU SAU 3
Sputum n SAU SAU 3
Saliva SAU SAU SAU 3
Toothbrush n SAU SAU 3
AN13 Nasal lavage SAU SAU SAU 3
Sputum SAU SAU SAU 3
Saliva 0
Toothbrush 0
AN14 Nasal lavage SMA n SMA n 4
Sputum SMA SMA SMA SMA 4
Saliva SMA SMA 2
Toothbrush n n 2
AN15 Nasal lavage SAU SAU 2
Sputum SAU SAU 2
Saliva SAU 1
Toothbrush SAU n 2

PAE: Pseudomonas aeruginosa; SAU: Staphylococcus aureus; SMA: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia; AXY: Achromobacter xylosoxidans; SEM: Serratia marcescens; n: no isolation of the investigated species; –: sample not available. Number of samples for each patient is also indicated. Patients with no saliva samples nor toothbrushes were not included in the collection of these samples.