Table 5.
Microorganisms isolated in hospitalized elderly patients with community‐acquired pneumonia (CAP) (%). (Blank boxes indicate organism not sought)
| Reference | n | Patients | SP | HI | LP | MC | SA | GNEB | MP | CS | CB | Virus | Influenza | Aspiration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El‐Solh et al. [36] | 57 | ≥80 years Home | 14 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| El‐Solh et al. [36] | 47 | ≥80 years Nursing Home | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fernandez‐Sabéet al. [149] | 305 | ≥80 years Home | 23 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0 | 8 | 10 | |||
| Flamaing 2003 [66] | 165 | ≥80 years Home & Nursing Home | 3.6 | 1.2 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 30.9 | 26.1 | ||||||
| Gutierrez et al. [21] | 136 | ≥75 years Home | 19.1 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 2.2 | ||
| Huang et al. [123] | 126 | ≥60 years | 2.4 | 14.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 12.7 | 7.1 | 6.3 | ||||
| Jokinen et al. [42] | 140 | ≥60 years Home | 48 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 0 | |||||
| Riquelme et al. [150] | 101 | ≥65 years Home | 18.8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8.9 | 5.9 | ||||||
| Saito et al. [26] | 114 | ≥65 years Home | 28. | 20.2 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 7.9 | 1.8 | 9.6 | 0.9 | 13.2 | ||
| Zalacain 2003 [151] | 503 | ≥65 years Home & Nursing Home | 19.5 | 5.4 | 3.8 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 4.4 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.6 | |
| Range | 2–48 | 2–20 | 0–9 | 0–4 | 7–29 | 3–20 | 0–7 | 2–13 | 0–6 | 0–31 | 0–26 |
SP, Streptococcus pneumoniae; HI, Haemophilus influenzae; LP, Legionella pneumophila; MC, Moraxella catarrhalis; SA, Staphylococcus aureus; GNEB, Gram‐negative enteric bacilli; MP, Mycoplasma pneumoniae; CS, Chlamydia species (all); CB, Coxiella burnetii.