Antibiotic treatment in acute exacerbation of COPD: patient outcomes with amoxicillin vs. amoxicillin/clavulanic acid—data from 43,636 outpatients

Table 3 Species distribution in sputum culture from Region Zealand and the Capital Region

	Total	AMC	AMX
Patients included from these regions	17,927	12,481	5446
Sputum sample ± 7 days from inclusion	2012	1821	191
Culture negative	1054	952 (52%)	102 (53%)
H. influenzae	353	309 (17%)	44 (23%)
M. catarrhalis	178	170 (9%)	8 (4%)
S. pneumoniae	152	137 (8%)	15 (8%)
Other^a	275	253 (14%)	22 (12%)

^a Predominantly Pseudomonas aeruginosa, enterobacteriaceae and non-haemolytic streptococci

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