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Table 3 Prevalent bacterial organisms isolated from sputum samples

From: CFTR heterozygosity in severe asthma with recurrent airway infections: a retrospective review

Organism

Number (%)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

17 (23%)

Hemophilus influenza B

13 (17.6%)

Non-Tuberculous mycobacteria

9 (12.2%)

Aspergillus* species

7 (9.5%)

Streptococcus pneumoniae

7 (9.5%)

Staphylococcus aureus

7 (9.5%)

Moraxella catarrhalis

6 (8.1%)

Klebsiella pneumoniae

1 (1.3%)

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

1 (1.3%)

  1. *No subject had an invasive fungal infection