Organism | N |
---|---|
Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus | 14 |
Escherichia coli | 8 |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 7 |
Klebsiella pneumoniae | 5 |
Haemophilus spp | 6 |
Candida spp | 5 |
Enterobacter aerogenes | 2 |
Enterobacter cloacae | 1 |
Acinetobacter spp | 2 |
Coliform | 2 |
Moraxella catarrhalis | 2 |
Upper respiratory flora* | 2 |
Streptococcus pneumoniae | 2 |
Proteus mirabilis | 2 |
Serratia marcescens | 1 |
Citrobacter koseri | 1 |
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | 1 |
Streptococcus pyogenes | 1 |
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus | 1 |
Peptostreptococcus spp | 1 |
Yeasts | 2 |
Streptococcus group C | 1 |
N, the number of patients in whom the micro-organism in question was isolated from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid at >104 cfu/mL.
*In both cases, normal flora growth was in addition to another organism at >104 cfu/mL.