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Table 2 Potentially Pathogenic Microorganisms (PPMs) isolated in colonised COPD patients.

From: Colour of sputum is a marker for bacterial colonisation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

 

No. (%)

Microorganisms isolated

 

Haemophilus influenzae

21 (42)

Haemophilus parainfluenzae

15 (30)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

5 (10)

Streptococcus pneumoniae

4 (8)

Moraxella catarrhalis

4 (8)

Staphylococcus aureus

1 (2)

Mixed colonisations (from the above microorganisms)

 

H. influenzae + S. pneumoniae

1

H. influenzae + P. aeruginosa

3

H. influenzae + H. parainfluenzae

2

P. aeruginosa + S. viridans

2