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Table 2 Microbiological profile of patients with co-infection at diagnosis and follow-up

From: Prevalence and clinical impact of bacterial co-infection in chronic pulmonary aspergillosis

 

Chronic colonization

(n = 5)*

Newly detected co-infection

(n = 16)**

Infection within 6 months after diagnosis

(n = 7)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

3

3

2

Klebsiella pneumoniae

2

3

5****

Escherichia coli

 

4

1****

Serratia marcescens

2

2

 

Stenetrophomonas maltophilia

 

2

1

Enterobacter spp.

 

1***

 

Acinetobacter baumanii

 

1

1

Staphylococcus aureus

 

1

 

Enterococcus faecalis

 

1

 

Morganella morganii

  

1

  1. *: One case was chronically colonised with P. aeruginosa and K. pneumoniae, while other one patient was colonised with K. pneumoniae and S. marcescens
  2. **: One case: Co-infected with Stenetrophomonas maltophilia and E. Coli, One case: Enterobacter spp. and K. pneumoniae, One case: K. pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumanii
  3. ***: This case was also co-infected with Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
  4. ****: Two patients were diagnosed in the post-operative period
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