Patient Age Culture-dependant screen Taxa contributing to > 5% of microbiota Microbial biomass (ng/µl)
RSV positive 0540 1 month Gammaproteobacteria Staphylococcus (77.67) 338.77
8213 2 months negative Enterobacteriaceae (50.67)
Leclercia (45.50)
0.51
2921 2 months Klebsiella sp Prevotella (28.83)
Haemophilus (22.67)
Stenotrophomonas (12.17)
Streptococcus (11.67)
0.29
9636 4 months negative Haemophilus (48.67)
Flavobacteriaceae (17.83)
Diaphorobacter (7.50)
0.41
0908 9 months M. catarrhalis Moraxella (92.33) 13.98
1002 11 months S. aureus Streptococcus (54.00)
Veillonella (11.50)
Gemella (9.00)
0.87
5582 1 year S. pneumoniae + M. catarrhalis Streptococcus (93.50) 18.86
9851 2 years,
9 months
S. pneumoniae + E. faecalis Neisseria (18.67)
Pseudomonas (17.17)
Enterococcus (14.00)
Streptococcus (11.00)
Fusobacterium (5.50)
Stenotrophomonas (5.00)
0.84
5149 2 years
9 months
M. catarrhalis + Klebsiella sp Moraxella (87.33) 26.06
4323 3 years M. catarrhalis Moraxella (39.83)
Enterobacteriaceae (28.83)
Leclercia (23.00)
2.83
HRV positive 4543 3 months Negative Stenotrophomonas (30.83)
Flavobacteriaceae (26.17)
Diaphorobacter (11.17)
Idiomarinaceae (8.50)
0.27
4362 4 months S. aureus Staphylococcus (94.67) 136.37
6594 6 months S. aureus + S. mitis Streptococcus (54.33)
Gemella (11.67)
Prevotella (5.83)
1.86
3456 7 months Negative Flavobacteriaceae (24.33)
Stenotrophomonas (15.67)
Diaphorobacter (14.83)
Moraxella (14.00)
Idiomarinaceae (12.33)
0.46 
3374 7 months S. pneumoniae + M. catarrhalis Streptococcus (65.17)
Moraxella (21.83)
1.68
9428 10 months M. catarrhalis Moraxella (81.67) 52.63
3066 1 year,
8 months
E. coli Carnobacteriaceae (80.33) 0.85
2144 1 year,
11 months
M. catarrhalis Moraxella (93.33) 236.36
4308 2 years,
10 months
S. dysgalactiae + Rothia sp Neisseria (54.50)
Haemophilus (9.83)
Fusobacterium (8.17)
32.72
2110 3 years Negative Flavobacteriaceae (19.67)
Stenotrophomonas (17.17)
Staphylococcus (14.50)
Diaphorobacter (13.33)
Idiomarinaceae (7.67)
0.44
Virus-negative 5110 1 month negative Haemophilus (33.00)
Staphylococcus (30.50)
Streptococcus (24.17)
3.56
9905 1 month negative Streptococcus (65.67)
Prevotella (15.67)
0.71
7569 1 month S. pneumoniae + M. catarrhalis Streptococcus (49.00)
Moraxella (29.33)
6.67
8664 2 months S. aureus Corynebacterium (95.50) 3.74
9360 2 months Enterobacter sp Leclercia (89.33) 159.64
0734 2 months S. maltophilia Acinetobacter (84.17) 5.89
1742 4 months negative Moraxella (89.33) 34.16
1276 1 year,
4 months
negative Streptococcus (71.00) 0.46
5784 4 years,
5 months
S. aureus Staphylococcus (40.17)
Carnobacteriaceae (28.17)
Streptococcus (12.00)
3.19
Table 6: Comparison of culture dependent-screen and microbiota analysis.