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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of young U.S. children with cystic fibrosis from 2003 to 2009, by pathogen acquisition status

From: Seasonality of acquisition of respiratory bacterial pathogens in young children with cystic fibrosis

 

Respiratory Pathogen

MRSA

S. maltophilia

A. xylosoxidans

H. influenzae

Acquired

(n = 910)

Negative

(n = 3612)

Acquired

(n = 1161)

Negative

(n = 3361)

Acquired

(n = 228)

Negative

(n = 4294)

Acquired

(n = 2148)

Negative

(n = 2374)

Male (%)

445(49%)

1833(51%)

590(51%)

1688(50%)

98(43%)

2180(51%)

1062(49%)

1216(51%)

White (%)

825(91)

3326(92)

1065(92)

3086(92)

202(89)

3949(92)

1984(92)

2167(91)

Hispanic (%)

72(8)

427(12)*

148(13)

351(10)*

42(18)

457(11)*

208(10)

291(12)*

Identified by newborn screening (%)

280(31)

1618(45)*

423(36)

1475(44)*

73(32)

1825(43)*

806(38)

1092(46)*

Mean age at diagnosis, months (SD)

2.9(4.6)

2.4(4.3)*

2.6(4.3)

2.4(4.4)

3.5(5.3)

2.4(4.3)*

2.7(4.5)

2.3(4.2)*

ΔF508 mutation category (%)

 Homozygous

482(53)

1553(43)*

586(50)

1449(43)*

108(47)

1927(45)

996(46)

1039(44)

 Heterozygous

307(34)

1437(40)

390(34)

1354(40)

77(34)

1667(39)

802(37)

942(40)

 Other

79(9)

463(13)

132(11)

410(12)

32(14)

510(12)

255(12)

287(12)

CFTR functional classa (%)

 Severe

660(73)

2284(63)*

817(70)

2127(63)*

150(66)

2794(65)

1442(67)

1502(63)*

 Residual

61(7)

354(10)

70(6)

345(10)

12(5)

403(9)

198(9)

217(9)

 Unclassified

189(21)

974(27)

274(24)

889(26)

66(29)

1097(26)

508(24)

655(28)

  1. MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; S. maltophilia, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia; A. xylosoxidans, Achromobacter xylosoxidans; H. influenzae, Haemophilus influenzae; SD, standard deviation; CFTR, cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
  2. * P < 0.05 based on Student’s t test with unequal variances for continuous variables or χ2 test for categorical variables.
  3. a CFTR functional class is defined as follows: Severe, includes children in which CFTR mutations on both alleles result in minimal CFTR function (class 1, 2, or 3), including ΔF508; Residual, at least one allele with a mutation resulting in partial CFTR function (class 4 or 5); Unclassified, both alleles with unknown functional class, or one allele with minimal CFTR function and the second with unknown functional class