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. 2021 Jan;18(1):75–83. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202002-144OC

Table 2.

Shift in P. aeruginosa infection category 1 year before and after LUM/IVA initiation

  n P. aeruginosa Infection 1 yr after LUM/IVA Initiation
Free [n (%)] Intermittent [n (%)] Chronic [n (%)] No Cultures [n (%)]
P. aeruginosa infection 1 yr before LUM/IVA initiation          
 Free* 89 75 (84.3) 12 (13.5) 1 (1.1) 1 (1.1)
 Intermittent 41 18 (43.9) 14 (34.1) 8 (19.5) 1 (2.4)
 Chronic 63 7 (11.1) 6 (9.5) 47 (74.6) 3 (4.8)

Definition of abbreviations: IVA = ivacaftor; LUM = lumacaftor; P. = Pseudomonas.

McNemar-Bowker test P value = 0.112.

*

Free is defined as having no P. aeruginosa+ cultures with at least one or more culture available.

Intermittent is defined as >0% to ≤50% of cultures P. aeruginosa+.

Chronic is defined as >50% of cultures P. aeruginosa+.