3.2.4. Microbiology

A total of 8/50 (16%) patients showed microbiological evidence of secondary infection, 6/50 (12%) patients had sputum culture positive for organisms and 2/50(4%) had urine culture positivity. *Klebsiella pneumoniae* was the predominant organism in sputum culture (5/6, 83.3%) followed by *Escherichia coli* (1/6, 16.7%). A total of 2/50 (4%) patients had urine culture positive for *E. coli*.
