Research Article
Distribution and Characteristics of Bacteria Isolated from Cystic Fibrosis Patients with Pulmonary Exacerbation
Table 2
Distribution of microorganisms in different age groups.
| Microorganisms | Age groups (years) (number)/number (%) | <2 (15) | 2–5 (24) | 6–10 (24) | 11–15 (32) | 16–20 (25) | 21–30 (9) | Total number = 129 |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 5 (8.7) | 14 (24.6) | 12 (21.2) | 16 (28.1) | 7 (12.2) | 3 (5.2) | 57 (55.3) | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 2 (4.8) | 5 (11.8) | 9 (20.4) | 11 (25.7) | 13 (30.4) | 3 (6.9) | 43 (41.7) | Coagulase negative staphylococci | 3 (25.0) | 3 (25.0) | 2 (16.7) | 1 (8.3) | 3 (25.0) | 0 | 12 (11.6) | Yeast | 3 (33.4) | 0 | 1 (11.1) | 2 (22.2) | 1 (11.1) | 2 (22.2) | 9 (8.7) | Escherichia coli | 0 | 1 (25.0) | 0 | 2 (50.0) | 0 | 1 (25.0) | 4 (3.8) | Klebsiella spp. | 2 (100.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1.9) | Enterobacter spp. | 0 | 1 (100.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.9) | Achromobacter xylosoxidans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (100.0) | 0 | 1 (0.9) |
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