Table 2 Bacterial MP loads and duration of MP infection

Positive MP loads in throat swab (n/disease course/ copies/ml)

15/(22–45)days/10^3–5

3/(18–22)days/10^2–3

Negative MP loads in throat swab (n/disease course)

5/(26–31)days

7/(19–22)days

 High load (n/%/copies/ml)

44/(88%)/ 10^7–8

2/(4.54%)/10^7–8

 Middle load (n/%/copies/ml)

4/(8%)/10⁶

5/(11.36%)/10⁶

 Low load (n/%/copies/ml)

2/(4%)/10⁵

37/(84.09%)/10^2–5

Highest MP loads in BALF (copies/mL)

10^{7.46 ± 0.93}

10^{4.86 ± 0.93}

 Within 31–40 days (n/copies/ml)

17 /(10^2–7)

–

 Within 41–50 days (n/copies/ml)

19/(10^2–7)

–

 Within 51–60 days (n/copies/ml)

9/(10^2–7)

–

 Within 61–90 days (n/copies/ml)

4/(10^2–4)

–

  Cases 1 and 2

NP

–

  Cases 3 and 4

AO

–

 120 days (n/copies/ml)

1/(10³)

–

  Case 5

NP

–

Duration of negative MP in BALF (n/disease course)

–

17/(15–30)days