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. 2011 Sep 26;17(Suppl 6):E1–E59. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03672.x

Table 3.

 Aetiology of community‐acquired pneumonia in adults admitted to hospital (%). (Blank boxes indicate organism not sought)

Reference n SP HI LP SA MC GNEB PA MP CS CPne CPsi CB Virus Influenza
Angeles Marcos et al. [23] 198 29.3 5.1 3.0 2.5 0 2.0 1.0 1.5 0.5 0.5 0 1.0 23.2 8.1
Arancibia et al. [111] 559 13.8 5.0 5.2 10.7 7.0 1.8 9.5 7.7 0.2 1.6 2.8
Aubertin et al. [112] 274 12.4 3.3 10.6 2.2 0.0 2.9 8.8 2.6 0.7 2.6 0.0
Ausina et al. [113] 207 39.1 1.0 6.3 0.5 0.0 2.9 16.9 6.3 2.4 3.9 2.4
Berntsson et al. [114] 127 54.3 3.9 0.8 0.8 0.0 0.0 14.2 2.4 0.0 18.1 12.6
Blanquer et al. [103] 462 14.7 1.9 13.9 1.7 0.0 3.2 3.5 0.2 0.6 13.0 7.8
Blasi et al. [33] 207 7.7 2.4 4.8 3.9 1.0 5.3 8.2 10.1 10.1 0.0 0.0
Bohte et al. [34] 334 26.9 7.8 2.4 1.2 1.5 3.3 5.7 0.3 8.1 4.2
BTS [104] 453 34.0 5.7 2.0 0.9 0.0 0.9 17.9 2.9 1.1 7.1 7.1
Burman et al. [115] 196 32.1 4.6 2.0 1.5 1.5 1.0 8.7 3.1 0.0 21.9 8.7
Charles et al. [116] 885 14 5 3 1 1 2 2 9 2 15 8
de Roux et al. [22] 338 41 14.5 10 12 18 12
Ewig et al. [19] 204 19 6 5 2 1 6.5 4 2 10.5 10 0.5 3 3
Falco et al. [117] 400 21.0 3.3 7.5 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.3 2.8 0.0
Falguera et al. [118] 660 34 2 5 2 3 9 16 11 1 4 5 4
Garbino et al. [119] 318 12.6 6 4.4 1.6 1.6 7.5 5.3
GarciaVidal et al. [58] 1634 26 7 7 <1 1 1 2 1 1 <1 <1
Ginesu et al. [37] 520 10.8 32.9 0.4 0.9
Gomez et al. [38] 342 12.6 5.6 1.5 0.0 0.3 0.0 3.2 6.1 6.1 0.0 0.0
Gutierrez et al. [120] 493a 16.8 1.8 4.3 0.4 0.2 3.2 2.2 7.7 6.1 0.4 4.1 2.8
Holmberg [121] 147 46.9 9.5 2.7 0.7 2.0 0.0 5.4 1.4 0.0 10.9 10.2
Hone et al. [122] 50 20.0 16.0 4.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 10.0
Huang et al. [123] 389b 3.1 20.6 0.5 1.5 0.3 6.2 10.8 4.4
Jennings et al. [27] 304 31 11 4 2 3 31 10
Johansson et al. [18] 184 38 5 1 2 4 8 29 8
Johnstone et al. [67] 193 7 1 <1 1 2 3 2 2 0 0 15 4
Leesik et al. [124] 439 10.5 1.1 2.0 5.7 18.0 3.2 3.0 2.5
Levy et al. [125] 116 25.9 11.2 4.3 2.6 0.9 6.9 3.4 0.9 0.0 4.3
Logroscino et al. [46] 613 5.9 3.6 2.8 1.1 0.8 3.9 3.3 4.2 3.1
Lorente et al. [47] 114 35.1 0.9 1.8 2.6 0.0 2.6 9.6 1.8 0.9
Macfarlane et al. [126] 127 75.6 3.1 15.0 2.4 0.0 0.8 2.4 5.5 0.8 8.7 5.5
Marrie et al. [127] 539 2.2–8.1
McNabb et al. [128] 80 50.0 6.3 1.3 3.8 0.0 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.3 6.3
Menendez et al. [51] 184 23.9 1.6 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.6 14.1 0.5 0.0 1.1 1.6 1.6
Michetti et al. [52] 60 8.3 6.7 11.7 1.7 1.7 3.3 8.3 6.7 1.7 0.0 1.7 1.7
Miyashita et al. [109] 400 26.3 13 1.5 3.3 3.5 4 2 9.3 1.3 0.5 3
Ortqvist et al. [129] 277 46.2 3.6 3.6 0.7 1.1 1.4 9.7 1.1 0.0 1.1 0.0 15.5 2.5
Ostergaard and Andersen 1993 [130] 254 13.8 6.3 3.1 0.4 0.8 2.0 3.9 1.2 0.0
Pareja et al. [131] 165 7.3 1.8 2.4 2.4 0.0 27.3 10.3 1.2 10.9 18.2 13.3
Ruf et al. [132] 442 15.4 2.5 3.8 2.7 0.0 2.5 9.3 3.2 0.0 8.8 4.1
Ruiz et al. [54] 395 16.5 6.3 4.3 1.8 1.0 6.3 3.3 3.8 0.5 2.8 9.9 5.8
Saito et al. [26] 232c 24.6 18.5 3.9 3.4 2.2 1.7 0.4 5.2 8.7 6.5 2.2 0.9 16.4
Schneeberger et al. [133] 159 11.3 10.6 2.5 3.8 3.8 8.2 12 3
Socan et al. [55] 211 5.7 0.9 2.8 0.5 0.0 1.9 5.7 18.0 0.9 0.5 24.2
Sohn et al. [134] 126 13.5 0.8 2.4 0.8 12.5 3.1 6.3 7.1 7.1 0
Song et al. [28] 955 12 6 1 2 1 6 3 6 6
Sopena et al. [56] 330 20.3 2.1 13.9 0.6 0.0 0.3 1.5 15.8 0.0 1.2
Steinhoff et al. [57] 237 8.6 5.1 6.3 7.7 6.3
Wattanathum et al. [25] 147 22.4 2.7 5.4 3.4 17.7 0.7 6.8 16.3
White et al. [135] 210 11.4 1.9 1.4 3.8 0.0 1.4 14.3 1.4 2.9 14.8 12.4
Range 3–76 1–21 1–14 0–4 0–4 0–33 0–12 0–18 0–16 0–18 0–6 0–11 1–24 0–13

SP, Streptococcus pneumoniae; HI, Haemophilus influenzae; LP, Legionella pneumophila; MC, Moraxella catarrhalis; SA, Staphylococcus aureus; GNEB, Gram‐negative enteric bacilli; PA, Pseudomonas aeruginosa; MP, Mycoplasma pneumoniae; CS, Chlamydia species (all); CPne, Chlamydophila pneumoniae; CPsi, Chlamydophila psittaci; CB, Coxiella burnetii.

a26.8% were outpatients.

b36.2% were outpatients.

c16% were outpatients.