Table 2. Microorganisms isolated from sputum samples of patients with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis (N = 112).

Isolate	n
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	47
Nonmucoid strain	28
Mucoid strain	19
Haemophilus influenzae	12
Klebsiella pneumoniae	9
Moraxella catarrhalis	1
Streptococcus pneumoniae	1
Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus	1
Other PPMa	7
Non-PPM	34

PPM: potentially pathogenic microorganisms. ^a Achromobacter xylosoxidans (n = 2); Aspergillus sp. (n = 3); Candida albicans (n = 1); and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (n = 1).