TABLE 2.
Percentage of laboratories reporting specific organisms as distinct from normal flora in CF patient respiratory tract cultures
| Organism | % of laboratories reporting specified organism
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Routinely | Only upon request | Never | Frequency unknown | |
| S. aureus | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Methicillin-resistant S. aureus | 98 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| P. aeruginosa | 94 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| P. aeruginosa, mucoid strains | 89 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Pseudomonas species, mucoid strains | 62 | 4 | 18 | 16 |
| Pseudomonas species other than P. aeruginosa | 88 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| B. cepacia | 97 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| H. influenzae | 96 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | 96 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Group A beta hemolytic streptococci (S. pyogenes) | 99 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae | 92 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| Candida albicans | 77 | 15 | 2 | 6 |
| Candida species | 72 | 15 | 5 | 8 |
| Yeast | 81 | 9 | 5 | 5 |
| Aspergillus species | 92 | 8 | 0 | 0 |