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Table 2 Proportion of children with a given dominant bacterial taxon by age group, 6 months to <5 years (n = 263) or 5 to <18 years (n = 120)

From: Association of sputum microbiota profiles with severity of community-acquired pneumonia in children

 

6 months to <5 years

5 to <18 years

Sputum

NP/OP

Sputum

NP/OP

Taxa

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Streptococcus sp.

112 (42.6)

188 (71.5)

50 (41.7)

58 (48.3)

Moraxella sp.

60 (22.8)

19 (7.2)

3 (2.5)

30 (25.0)

Haemophilus sp.

36 (13.7)

22 (8.4)

4 (3.3)

10 (8.3)

Prevotella sp.

20 (7.6)

3 (1.1)

38 (31.7)

2 (1.7)

Pasteurellaceae family

16 (6.1)

9 (3.4)

6 (5)

2 (1.7)

Neisseria sp.

7 (2.7)

10 (3.8)

4 (3.3)

(0)

Fusobacterium sp.

3 (1.1)

(0)

2 (1.7)

1 (0.8)

Veillonella sp.

3 (1.1)

5 (1.9)

2 (1.7)

1 (0.8)

Corynebacterium sp.

1 (0.4)

(0)

(0)

2 (1.7)

Dolosigranulum sp.

1 (0.4)

(0)

1 (0.8)

(0)

Leptotrichia sp.

1 (0.4)

(0)

1 (0.8)

2 (1.7)

Mycoplasma sp.

1 (0.4)

(0)

6 (5)

(0)

Rothia sp.

1 (0.4)

2 (0.8)

1 (0.8)

3 (2.5)

Porphyromonadaceae family

1 (0.4)

1 (0.4)

1 (0.8)

5 (4.2)

Actinomyces sp.

(0)

(0)

1 (0.8)

(0)

Gemella sp.

(0)

2 (0.8)

(0)

1 (0.8)

Bacteroidetes phylum

(0)

2 (0.8)

(0)

3 (2.5)