Impact of Respiratory Bacterial Findings on Patients with Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis

Table 3

Microbiological characteristics of sputum or bronchial washing fluid among study participants (N = 142).

	Total
Patients with detected bacteria	73 (51.4)
Single bacterium	62 (43.7)
Multiple bacterial species	11 (7.7)
Total of isolated bacteria	11
Identification of bacteria^†
Klebsiella species	35 (24.6)
Klebsiella pneumoniae ssp. pneumoniae	32 (22.5)
Klebsiella oxytoca	3 (2.1)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	31 (21.8)
Escherichia coli	6 (4.2)
Enterobacter species	3 (2.1)
Enterobacter cloacae spp. cloacae	2 (1.4)
Enterobacter aerogenes	1 (0.7)
Citrobacter freundii	1 (0.7)
Morganella morganii ssp. morganii	1 (0.7)
Raoultella planticola	1 (0.7)
Serratia marcescens	1 (0.7)
Acinetobacter baumannii	1 (0.7)
Staphylococcus aureus	5 (3.5)
Staphylococcus epidermidis	1 (0.7)

Data are presented as the number (%). ^†Cases are duplicated.