Sputum sample collected in the previous year the hospitalisation | Sputum sample collectedduring the hospitalisation | |||||||
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Number of cases | Normal LHSa (≤ 7 days) | Prolonged LHSa (> 7 days) | p value | Number of cases | Normal LHSa (≤ 7 days) | Prolonged LHSa (> 7 days) | p value | |
Patients with positive cultures | 63 | 33 | 67 | 0.008 | 91 | 35 | 43 | 0.179 |
Number of pathogens: 0 | 373 | 51 | 49 | 0.031 | 346 | 51 | 49 | 0.138 |
1 | 43 | 33 | 67 | 89 | 39 | 61 | ||
≥ 2 | 20 | 35 | 65 | 2 | 50 | 50 | ||
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 16 | 13 | 87 | 0.041 | 25 | 12 | 88 | 0.001 |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonisationc | – | – | – | – | 9 | 0 | 100 | 0.002 |
Haemophilus influenzae | 5 | 60 | 40 | 0.323 | 16 | 31 | 69 | 0.454 |
Streptococcus pneumoniae | 7 | 43 | 57 | 0.677 | 18 | 61 | 39 | 0.037 |
Streptococcus spp. | 5 | 20 | 80 | 0.657 | – | – | – | – |
Staphylococcus spp. | 4 | 50 | 50 | 0.595 | 7 | 29 | 71 | 0.699 |
Pasteurella | – | – | – | – | 2 | 50 | 50 | > 0.999 |
Moraxella catarrhalis | 3 | 67 | 33 | 0.256 | 3 | 100 | 0 | 0.059 |
Candida spp. | – | – | – | – | 2 | 50 | 50 | > 0.999 |
Aspergillus | – | – | – | – | 2 | 50 | 50 | > 0.999 |
Serratia | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 100 | > 0.999 |
Escherichia coli | 1 | 0 | 100 | > 0.999 | – | – | – | – |
Mycobacterium no-TBC | – | – | – | – | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0.396 |
Polymicrobial | 20 | 35 | 65 | 0.848 | 8 | 50 | 50 | 0.708 |
Classification according to the conventional treatmentb: MSCT | 31 | 45 | 55 | 0.026 | 51 | 51 | 49 | 0.014 |
MRCT | 20 | 15 | 85 | 30 | 23 | 77 | ||
MRCT colonisationc | – | – | – | – | 10 | 10 | 90 | 0.009 |
Influenza B virus | – | – | – | – | 2 | 50 | 50 | > 0.999 |
Respiratory syncytial virus | – | – | – | – | 7 | 43 | 57 | > 0.999 |
Rhinovirus | – | – | – | – | 7 | 29 | 71 | 0.450 |
Parainfluenza virus type 1 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 67 | 33 | 0.615 |
Parainfluenza virus type 3 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | 100 | 0.499 |
Parainfluenza virus type 4 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0.487 |