TABLE 1.
Microbial findings in 267 hospitalised patients with community-acquired pneumonia
| Bacterial pathogens | Patients with positive findings | Viral pathogens | Patients with positive findings |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae | 81 (30%) | Influenza viruses§ | 40 (15%) |
| Bordetella pertussis | 15 (6%) | Rhinovirus | 32 (12%) |
| Haemophilus influenzae | 14 (5%) | Parainfluenza virusesƒ | 8 (3%) |
| Mycoplasma pneumoniae | 10 (4%) | Respiratory syncytial virus | 7 (3%) |
| Chlamydophila pneumoniae | 7 (3%) | Metapneumovirus | 7 (3%) |
| Legionella pneumophila | 7 (3%) | Enterovirus | 5 (2%) |
| Enterobacteriaceae# | 6 (2%) | Adenovirus | 1 (0.4%) |
| Moraxella catarrhalis | 5 (2%) | ||
| Miscellaneous¶ | 3 (1%) | ||
| Haemophilus parainfluenzae | 2 (1%) | ||
| Total+ | 126 (47%) | Total+ | 92 (34%) |
#: Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa or Enterobacter spp.; ¶: group A Streptococcus, Prevotella spp. or Dialister pneumosintes; +: number of patients does not sum to number of pathogens because some patients had multiple pathogens detected; §: influenza A and B viruses; ƒ: parainfluenza virus types 1–3.