Sputum culture results for 1999 for children with and without a history of meconium ileus (MI) as newborns
| Staphylococcus aureus | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Burkholderia cepacia | |
| Both children in pair | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| MI child only | 7 | 9 | 0 |
| Non-MI child only | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| Neither child in pair | 21 | 18 | 37 |