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. 2015 Dec 19;148(1):103–111. doi: 10.1378/chest.14-2129

TABLE 2.

Pathogens Associated With Pneumonia

Pathogen No. %
Antibiotic-susceptible bacteria (n = 1,940)
 Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus 505 26.0
 Haemophilus influenzae 324 16.7
 Streptococcus pneumoniae 222 11.4
 Other Streptococci species 475 24.5
 Klebsiella pneumoniae 184 9.5
 Escherichia coli 177 9.1
 Haemophilus parainfluenzae 100 5.2
 Moraxella catarrhalis 86 4.4
 Klebsiella oxytoca 66 3.4
 Other Haemophilus species 24 1.2
 Legionella species 9 0.5
 Bordetella bronchiseptica 6 0.3
 Neisseria species 5 0.3
 Other Klebsiella species 3 0.2
 Eikenella corrodens 2 0.1
 Other Moraxella species 2 0.1
 Pasteurella multocida 1 0.1
Potentially antibiotic-resistant bacteria (n = 2,991)
 Pseudomonas aeruginosa 1,176 39.3
 Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus 1,016 34.0
 Enterobacter species 304 10.2
 Acinetobacter species 219 7.3
 Stenotrophomonas maltophilia 208 7.0
 Serratia species 142 4.7
 Proteus species 78 2.6
 Citrobacter species 64 2.1
 Achromobacter species 62 2.1
 Extended-spectrum β-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae 47 1.6
 Burkholderia cepacia 35 1.2
 Nocardia species 25 0.8
 Other gram-negative bacteria 24 0.8
 Providencia species 12 0.4
 Hafnia alvei 8 0.3
 Carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella species 6 0.2
 Morganella morganii 5 0.2
Respiratory viruses (n = 261)
 Herpes simplex virus 82 31.4
 Cytomegalovirus 65 24.9
 Influenza A 49 18.8
 Parainfluenza 40 15.3
 Rhinovirus 34 13.0
 Respiratory syncytial virus 21 8.0
 Adenovirus 20 7.7
 Human metapneumovirus 11 4.2
 Influenza B 8 3.1
 Coronavirus 2 0.8

More than one listed pathogen could be present within each category.