Table 1. Results of screening of clinical samples from 23 US states for pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus and bacterial respiratory targets, May–October 2009*.
No. (%) samples |
Bacteria detected, no. (%) samples |
S. aureus | P. aeruginosa | S. pyogenes | N. meningitidis | H. influenzae | C. pneum | K. pneum | M. pneum | S. pneum | A. baumannii | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 positive, 3,110 (29.270) |
458 (14.727)
|
3
(0.096) |
4
(0.129) |
7
(0.225) |
110 (3.537)
|
1 (0.032) |
22 (0.707) |
1 (0.032) |
316 (10.161)
|
34
(1.093) |
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 negative, 7,514 (70.730) |
875 (11.645)
|
28
(0.373) |
34 (0.452) |
16
(0.213) |
411 (5.470)
|
8 (0.106) |
44 (0.586) |
8 (0.106) |
573 (7.626)
|
152 (2.023) |
Total, 10,624 (100.000) | 1,333 (12.547) | 31 (0.292) | 38 (0.358) | 23 (0.216) | 521 (4.904) | 9 (0.085) | 66 (0.621) | 9 (0.085) | 889 (8.367) | 186 (1.751) |
*Screening for Legionella pneumophilia detected no bacteria in any samples. S. aureus, Staphylococcus aureus; P. aeruginosa, Pseudomonas aeruginosa; S. pyogenes, Streptococcus pyogenes; N. meningitidis, Neisseria meningitidis; H. influenzae, Haemophilus influenzae; C. pneum, Chlamydophila pneumoniae; K. pneum, Klebsiella pneumoniae; M. pneum, Mycoplasma pneumoniae; S. pneum, Streptococcus pneumoniae; A. baumannii, Acinetobacter baumannii. Boldface indicates predominant pathogens.