TABLE 2.
Rank order of pathogens isolated from ≥1% of BAL and ETA specimens in the United States
| Rank | Pathogen (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | BAL | ETA | |
| 1 | S. aureus (10.5) | S. aureus (7.9) | S. aureus (13.6) |
| 2 | P. aeruginosa (6.4) | P. aeruginosa (5.1) | P. aeruginosa (8.1) |
| 3 | Klebsiella spp. (3.1) | Haemophilus spp. (2.6) | Klebsiella spp. (4.1) |
| 4 | Haemophilus spp. (2.9) | Klebsiella spp. (2.1) | Haemophilus spp. (3.2) |
| 5 | S. pneumoniae (2.1) | S. pneumoniae (1.8) | E. coli (2.7) |
| 6 | E. coli (2.1) | E. coli (1.6) | S. pneumoniae (2.4) |
| 7 | Enterobacter spp. (1.7) | Enterobacter spp. (1.3) | Enterobacter spp. (2.3) |
| 8 | S. maltophilia (1.4) | S. maltophilia (1.1) | S. maltophilia (1.7) |
| 9 | S. marcescens (1.2) | S. marcescens (0.9) | S. marcescens (1.6) |