Table 1. The distribution of the major causative bacteria of community-acquired pneumonia in Korean adults.
| Jeong et al [7] | Seong et al [4] | Chong et al [10] | Choi et al [9] | Yoo et al [3] | Kim et al [5] | Kang et al [6] | Jeon et al [8] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of patients | 519 | 275 | 619 | 2,221 | 693 | 456 | 212 | 175 | |
| No. of causative bacteria isolated | 122 | 105 | 131 | 568 | 191 | 250 | 62 | 63 | |
| Gram-positive bacteria | |||||||||
| Streptococcus pneumoniae | 59 (48.4) | 44 (41.9) | 52 (39.7) | 276 (48.6) | 51 (26.7) | 88 (35.2) | 43 (69.4) | 21 (33.3) | |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 13 (10.7) | 10 (9.5) | 8 (6.1) | 109 (19.2) | 21 (11.0) | 5 (2.0) | 8 (12.9) | 9 (14.3) | |
| Streptococcus species | 8 (6.6) | 5 (4.8) | 1 (0.8) | 9 (1.6) | 5 (2.6) | 5 (2.0) | - | - | |
| Gram-negative bacteria | |||||||||
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 14 (11.5) | 6 (5.7) | 26 (19.8) | 105 (18.5) | 17 (8.9) | 7 (2.8) | 3 (4.8) | 13 (20.6) | |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 11 (9.0) | 10 (9.5) | 11 (8.4) | 83 (14.6) | 22 (11.5) | 2 (0.8) | 2 (3.2) | 4 (6.3) | |
| Hemophilus influenzae | 7 (5.7) | 1 (1.0) | 1 (0.8) | 105 (18.5) | 10 (5.2) | 5 (2.0) | 7 (11.3) | 7 (11.1) | |
Data are shown in percentage (%).