Table 1.

Prominent pathogens causing community‐acquired pneumonia in Asia

Pathogen(s)	Country for particular prominence
Streptococcus pneumoniae	All Asia 8 , 16
Mycoplasma pneumoniae	All Asia 8 , 15
Haemophilus influenzae	All Asia 8
Mycobacterium tuberculosis	South East and South Asia 12 , 13
Klebsiella pneumoniae	South East Asia 8 , 11 , 12
Staphylocccus aureus	South Asia 16
Burkholderia pseudomallei	Thailand 14
Chlamydia pneumoniae	Philippines 8
Influenza, parainfluenza, respiratory syncytial virus, picornavirus	Australia 17 , 18