Research Article
Bacterial Aetiologies of Lower Respiratory Tract Infections among Adults in Yaoundé, Cameroon
Table 2
Bacteria detected in fluids from lower respiratory tract by culture and RT-PCR.
| | | FPEf (n=67) | BAL (n=40) | FPEm (n=34) | | | Culture (%) | RT-PCR (%) | Culture (%) | RT-PCR (%) | Culture (%) | RT-PCR (%) |
| | Bacteria | | | | | | |
| | Streptococcus pneumoniae | 1 (1.5) | 3 (7.1) | 2 (5) | 4 (10) | 5 (14.7) | 13 (38.2) | | Haemophilus influenzae | 0 | 7 (11.4) | 4 (10) | 9 (22.5) | 1 (2.9) | 4 (11.7) | | Klebsiella pneumoniae | 1 (1.5) | 4 (5.7) | 4 (10) | 4 (10) | 0 | 5 (14.7) | | Moraxella catarrhalis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (10) | 0 | 2 (5.9) | | Staphylococcus aureus | 0 | 3 (4.3) | 0 | 3 (7.5) | 1 (2.9) | 4 (11.7) | | Streptococcus anginosus | 0 | / | 0 | / | 1 (2.9) | / | | Streptococcus constellatus | 0 | / | 0 | / | 1 (2.9) | / | | Enterobacter agglomerans | 0 | / | 1 (2.5) | / | 0 | / | | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 0 | / | 2 (5) | / | 0 | / | | Citrobacter koseri | 0 | / | 1 (2.5) | / | 0 | / | | Legionella species | / | 0 | / | 3 (7.5) | / | 3 (8.9) |
| | Total | 2 (3) | 17 (25.4) | 14 (35) | 27 (67.5) | 9 (26.5) | 31 (91.1) |
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BAL: bronchoalveolar lavage; RT-PCR: reverse-transcriptase real-time polymerase chain reaction; FPEf: fluid drained from pleural effusion; FPEm: fluid drained from pleural empyema.
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