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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Oct 23.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Oct 23;71(7):1604–1612. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz1049

Table 2. Bacterial Etiology Among Hospitalized Patients With Culture-positive Pneumonia.

Source of Positive Culture, No. (%)
Bacteria Respiratory Blood Both
Staphylococcus aureus 2631 (33.58) 1404 (22.24) 207 (44.52)
 Methicillin sensitive 1488 (18.99) 881 (13.96) 120 (25.81)
 Methicillin resistant 1118 (14.27) 502 (7.95) 85 (18.28)
Streptococcus pneumoniae 1127 (14.38) 2102 (33.3) 151 (32.47)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa 1334 (17.02) 218 (3.45) 36 (7.74)
Escherichia coli 501 (6.39) 747 (11.83) 17 (3.66)
Klebsiella pneumoniae 599 (7.64) 290 (4.59) 20 (4.3)
Haemophilus influenzae 317 (4.05) 124 (1.96)  8 (1.72)
Proteus mirabilis 194 (2.48) 100 (1.58)  1 (0.22)
Streptococcus agalactiae 31 (0.4) 170 (2.69)  1 (0.22)
Serratia marcescens 153 (1.95) 19 (0.3)  5 (1.08)
Stenotrophomonas (Xanthomonas) maltophilia 140 (1.79) 11 (0.17) 0 (0)