TABLE 2.
Differences in microbiological prevalence among different continents
| USA # | Europe ¶ | Asia+ | |
| Haemophilus influenzae | 8 | 57 | |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae | 3 | 33 | |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 12 | 23 | 1 |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 33 | 49 | 20 |
| Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | 5 | 16 | 1 |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 2 | 14 | 4 |
| Moraxella catarrhalis | 1 | 24 | |
| Achromobacter | 1 | 7 | |
| Alcaligenes | 1 | ||
| Serratia marcescens | 2 | 10 | |
| Burkholderia species | 0 | ||
| Escherichia coli | 13 | 1 | |
| Acinetobacter | 6 | 1 | |
| Enterobacter cloacae | 5 | 1 | |
| Proteus mirabilis | 5 | ||
| Mycobacterium tuberculosis | 4 | ||
| NTM | 50 | 3 | 2 |
| Mycobacterium avium complex | 37 | ||
| Mycobacterium abscessus/chelonae | 10 | ||
| Mycobacterium kansasii | 1 | ||
| Mycobacterium gordonae | 3 | ||
| Other mycobacterial species | 3 | ||
| Nocardia | 1 | ||
| Aspergillus species | 19 | 10 | 6 |
| Scedosporium apiospermum | 3 | ||
| Other fungal species | 36 | ||
| Candida species | 11 | 6 |
Data are presented as %. NTM: nontuberculous mycobacteria. #: n=60; ¶: n=56; +: n=59.