Table 6 Relationship of vitamin D status and bacterial colonization in non-CF bronchiectasis
From: Impact of vitamin D status on CF and non-CF bronchiectasis outcomes
Bacterial colonization | Vitamin D group | P-value● | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Deficient (< 20 ng/mL) | Insufficient (20–29 ng/mL) | Sufficient (> 30 ng/mL) | ||
Negative bacterial colonization Positive bacterial colonization | 1 (20%) | 4(80%) | 0(0.0%) | 0.126 |
8(53.3%) | 4(26.7%) | 3(20.0%) | ||
Staphylococcus aureus (n=7) | 4(57.1%) | 2(28.6%) | 1(14.3%) | 0.818 |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (n=4) | 3(75%) | 0(0.0% | 1(25.0%) | 0.215 |
Klebsiella (n=3) | 1(33.3%) | 1(33.3%) | 1(33.3%) | 0.526 |
MRSA (n=2) | 0(0.0%) | 2(100.0) % | 0(0.0%) | 0.432 |
Streptococcus pyogens (n=1) | 1(100.0%) | 0(0.0%) | 0(0.0% | 1.000 |