Table 3—

Microbial investigation in patients undergoing surgical resection for lung cancer

Case number		cfu·mL⁻¹	Antibiotic sensitivity	PSB contralateral	cfu·mL⁻¹	Antibiotic sensitivity	Biopsy tumour	cfu·mL⁻¹	Antibiotic sensitivity	Biopsy non-tumour	cfu·mL⁻¹
4	Pseudomonas fluorescens	10²	Ci, A, I
	P. putrida	10²	Ci, A, I
11	Enterobacter	10²	^#	Enterobacter	10²	^#
13	H. influenzae	10²	BP	H. influenzae	10⁴	BP
	M. catarrhalis	10²	BP	M. catarrhalis	10⁴	BP
21							M. gordonae
24				S. viridans	10²		E.corrodens	10²	^#	E. corrodens	10²
25	H. influenzae	10²	BN, AS	H. influenzae	10²	BN, AS	CNS	10²
	S. phcumaniae	10²	P, E
26	M. Catarralis	10²	BN, AS	M. catarralis	10²	BN, AS
27	S. aureus	10²	OR, VS	S. aureus	10²	OR, VS
	H. influenzae	10²	BN, AS
28	S. pneumoniae	10⁶	P, E, C	S. pneumoniae	10²	P, E, C
30				H. influenzae	10²	BN, AS
31	H. influenzae	10²	BN, AS	H. influenzae	10²	BN, AS
32	H. influenzae	10⁴	BN, AS	H. influenzae	10⁵	BN, AS
34		10⁵		H. influenzae	10³	BN, AS
37				Pseudomonaas spp.	10²	Ci, A, I
38	H. influenzae	10³	BN, AS
40				S.aureus	10²	OR, VS
41	S. pneumoniae	10⁵	P, E

cfu: colony forming units
PSB: protected specimen brush
Ci: ciprofloxacin-sensitive
A: amikacin-sensitive
I: imipenem-sensitive
H. influenzae: Haemophilus influenzae
BP: B-lactamase positive
M. catarrhalis: Moraxeua catarrhalis
M. gordonae: Myobactenum gordonae
S. viridans: Streptococcus viridans
E. corrodens: Eikenella corrodenc
BN: B-lactamase negative
AS: ampicillin-sensitive
CNS: coagulase-ngeative Stathylocaccus
S. pneumoniae: Streptococcus pneumoniae
P: penicillin–sensitive
E: erytnromycin–sensitive
S. aureus: Staphylococcus aureus
OR: oxacillin–resistant
VS: vancomycin–sensitive
C: cefotaxime–sensitive
^#: none available