Efficient management and maintenance of ultrasonic nebulizers to prevent microbial contamination

Table 1 Distribution of Burkholderia cepacia complex isolates according to specimen sources from inpatients between 1999 and 2013

	No. of isolates in each year
	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	Total
Sputum	55	66	123	80	18	12	6	10	0	4	5	1	6	3	3	392
Blood	7		27		3											37
Catheter		3	23	2	1											29
Pus	3	1	10		4		2				2	2			1	25
Urine		4														4
Total	65	74	183	82	26	12	8	10	0	4	7	3	6	3	4	487