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 | 33 |