Impact of chronic co-infection in pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex disease after treatment initiation

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Table 3 Sputum culture changes in the co-infection group

No	Baseline					6–12 months			12–24 months
	Bronchoscopy		Sputum			Sputum			Sputum
	Mycobacteria	Bacteria	Count	Mycobacteria	Bacteria	Count	Mycobacteria	Bacteria	Count	Mycobacteria	Bacteria
1			3	M. intracellulare	E. coli⁶ × 2	6	Negative	Negative	6	M. intracellulare	E. coli × 2
2	M. avium¹	MSSA³	6	Negative	MSSA × 1	3	Negative	Negative	2	Negative	P. aeruginosa × 2
3	M. avium/intracellulare²	P. aeruginosa⁴	2	Negative	Negative	1	Negative	Negative	3	Negative	P. aeruginosa × 3
4			3	M. intracellulare	MSSA × 3	3	Negative	MSSA × 2	4	Negative	MSSA × 3, H. influenzae × 1
5			8	M. intracellulare	H. influenzae × 2	3	Negative	Negative	3	Negative	P. aeruginosa × 2
6	M. avium	H. influenzae⁵	3	Negative	H. influenzae × 2 P. aeruginosa × 1	2	Negative	Negative	3	Negative	P. aeruginosa × 2
7	M. intracellulare		3	M. intracellulare	Negative	5	Negative	P. aeruginosa × 5	5	Negative	P. aeruginosa × 5
8	M. avium		2	Negative	Negative	1	Negative	Negative	3	Negative	Nocardia spp. × 2
9			3	M. intracellulare	Negative	1	M. intracellulare	Negative	4	M. avium	Nocardia spp. × 2
10			2	M. avium	Negative	1	Negative	Negative	3	Negative	P. aeruginosa × 3
11	M. avium		3	Negative	Negative	2	Negative	Negative	2	Negative	P. aeruginosa × 2
12			3	M. avium	Negative	2	M. avium	S. marcescens⁷ × 2	3	M. avium	S. marcescens × 2

1, Mycobacterium avium; 2, Mycobacterium intracellulare; 3, Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus; 4, Pseudomonas aeruginosa; 5, Haemophilus influenzae; 6, Escherichia coli; 7, Serratia marcescens

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