Table 7.

Composition of sputum specimen isolates in 2017, 2018, and 2019.

2017			2018			2019
Bacteria	Number	Proportion	Bacteria	Number	Proportion	Bacteria	Number	Proportion
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	280	0.233	Klebsiella pneumoniae	286	0.224	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	295	0.220
Klebsiella pneumoniae	262	0.218	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	282	0.221	Acinetobacter baumannii	247	0.185
Acinetobacter baumannii	203	0.169	Acinetobacter baumannii	183	0.143	Klebsiella pneumoniae	234	0.175
Staphylococcus aureus	100	0.083	Staphylococcus aureus	110	0.086	Staphylococcus aureus	108	0.081
Escherichia coli	85	0.071	Stenostomonas maltophilia	71	0.056	Stenostomonas maltophilia	103	0.077
Stenostomonas maltophilia	62	0.052	Escherichia coli	60	0.047	Escherichia coli	59	0.044
Corynebacterium striatum	48	0.040	Corynebacterium striatum	50	0.039	Enterobacter cloacae	52	0.039
Enterobacter cloacae	41	0.034	Enterobacter cloacae	48	0.038	Corynebacterium striatum	42	0.031
Streptococcus pneumoniae	36	0.030	Streptococcus pneumoniae	33	0.026	Haemophilus influenzae	40	0.030
Burkholderia cepacia	29	0.024	Burkholderia cepacia	31	0.024	Burkholderia cepacia	30	0.022
Other bacteria	54	0.045	Other bacteria	123	0.096	Other bacteria	128	0.096
Total	1200	1.000	Total	1277	1.000	Total	1338	1.000