Table 1.
Pathogens Identified in Hospitalized Children with Community-Acquired Pneumonia
| Pathogen | No. of Episodes | Total No. of Episodes |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coinfection | Coinfection With Virusesa |
Coinfection With Bacteriaa |
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| Virusesb | ||||
| RSV | 60 (30.9) | 31 (16.0) | 35 (18.0) | 194 |
| Rhinovirus | 89 (47.6) | 23 (12.3) | 73 (39.0) | 187 |
| Bocavirus | 33 (64.7) | 13 (25.5) | 21 (41.2) | 51 |
| Parainfluenza 1–3 | 8 (23.5) | 1 (2.9) | 8 (23.5) | 34 |
| Influenza A or Bc | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Metapneumovirusc | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Adenovirusc | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Bacteriab | ||||
| M. pneumoniae | 69 (51.5) | 63 (47.0) | 14 (10.4) | 134 |
| S. pneumoniae | 13 (52.0) | 5 (20.0) | 8 (32.0) | 25 |
| H. influenzae | 7 (63.6) | 4 (36.4) | 3 (27.3) | 11 |
| M.catarrhalis c | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| S. aureus c | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
aThe categories of coinfection with bacteria and with viruses are not mutually exclusive
bData are n (%)
cThe percentages are not listed because the total episodes is too small