Table 3.
Etiology | Patients (N = 148) Number (%) |
---|---|
Single pathogen | 58 (39) |
virus | |
Influenza A/B virus | 12 (8) / 5 (3) |
Rhinovirus | 6 (4) |
Parainfluenza virus | 5 (3) |
Adenovirus | 2 (1) |
Respiratory Syncytial virus | 1 (1) |
Coronavirus OC43 | 1 (1) |
human Metapneumovirus | 1 (1) |
Subtotal | 33 (22) |
bacteria | |
K. pneumoniae | 5 (3) |
S. pneumoniae | 5 (3) |
M. tuberculosis | 5 (3) |
Leptospira spp | 4 (3) |
C. pneumoniae | 2 (1) |
S. aureus | 2 (1) |
M. catarrhalis | 1 (1) |
B. cepacia | 1 (1) |
Subtotal | 25 (17) |
More than one pathogen* | |
Viral infection with superimposed bacterial infection | 24 (16) |
Tuberculosis with superimposed infection | 3 (2) |
Other mixed infections | 15 (10) |
Subtotal | 42 (28) |
Unknown etiology (no pathogen detected) | 48 (32) |
for further details, see Table 4.