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Table 4 Micro-organism isolated from sputum of patients with cystic fibrosis#

From: 2-Aminoacetophenone as a potential breath biomarker for Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the cystic fibrosis lung

Organism

CF - Ps. aeruginosacolonised

CF - Ps. aeruginosanon-colonised

 

(n = 16)

(n = 13)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

16

0

Staphylococcus aureus

7

11

Aspergillus fumigatus

6

2

Haemophilus influenzae

0

8

Oropharyngeal flora

5

3

Candida species

1

2

Burkholderia multivorans

0

2

Inquilinus limosus

1

0

Penicillium species

0

1

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

0

1

Scedosporium apiospermum

1

0

Wangiella dermatitidis

1

0

  1. # All CF subjects had multiple micro-organisms in the lung