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Table 2 Microbiological (culture) yield by organism

From: Microbial yield from physiotherapy assisted sputum production in respiratory outpatients

 

Non-pharmacological physiotherapy airway clearance techniques

Hypertonic saline

Probably significant organisms

Aspergillus fumigatus complex

12

3

Aspergillus terreus

1

0

Haemophilus influenzae

9

5

Haemophilus parainfluenzae

1

0

Staphylococcus aureus

2

2

 Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

2

0

Escherichia coli

1

1

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

16

3

Pseudomonas eurefenosa

1

0

Mycobacterium Intracellulare

0

1

Moraxella catarrhalis

1

1

Enterobacter cloacae

0

1

Streptococcus pneumoniae

3

0

Citrobacter koseri

1

1

Serratia marcescens

1

0

   Stenotrophomononas maltophilia

2

0

Acinetobacter haemolyticus

1

0

Probably insignificant organisms

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

2

0

Candida albicans

16

7

Candida glabrata

7

3

Candida lusitaniae

0

1

Candida tropicalis

1

1

Candida parapsilosis

1

0

Unidentified fungus

5

1

Yeasts unspecified

4

2

Total

91

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