Table 2

Pulmonary microbiology, 2014 ivacaftor and comparator cohorts, US CFFPR and UK CFR

MicroorganismUS CFFPRUK CFR
Prevalence in patients with bacterial cultures, n (%)χ2 P valuesPrevalence in patients with bacterial cultures, n (%)χ2 P values
Ivacaftor
(n=1226)
Comparator
(n=5960)
Ivacaftor
(n=409)
Comparator
(n=2033)
Staphylococcus aureus784 (63.9)4166 (69.9)<0.0001122 (29.8)689 (33.9)0.1706
 MRSA286 (23.3)1751 (29.4)<0.000111 (2.7)75 (3.7)0.4166
Pseudomonas aeruginosa565 (46.1)3354 (56.3)<0.0001188 (46.0)1113 (54.7)0.0014
Haemophilus influenzae162 (13.2)675 (11.3)0.060553 (13.0)220 (10.8)0.2105
Stenotrophomonas (Xanthomonas) maltophilia133 (10.8)893 (15.0)0.000221 (5.1)166 (8.2)0.0522
Mycobacterium*66 (9.9)430 (11.8)0.14791 (0.2)10 (0.5)1.0000
Aspergillus spp131 (10.7)1123 (18.8)<0.000142 (10.3)410 (20.2)<0.001
Alcaligenes (Achromobacter) xylosoxidans68 (5.5)471 (7.9)0.004318 (4.4)67 (3.3)0.3110
Burkholderia cepacia complex38 (3.1)197 (3.3)0.712117 (4.2)104 (5.1)0.5222
Klebsiella spp17 (1.4)90 (1.5)0.74524 (1.0)7 (0.3)0.0935
Pandoraea spp2 (0.2)12 (0.2)1.00000 (0)0 (0)
  • *In the US CFFPR, prevalence of Mycobacterium is based on patients with available cultures (ivacaftor cohort, n=670; comparator cohort, n=3647).

  • CFFPR, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Patient Registry; CFR, Cystic Fibrosis Registry; MRSA, methicillin-resistant S. aureus; spp, species (any or all, not specified).