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. 2021 Aug 25;40(9):S79–S90. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002648

TABLE 3.

Cases With a Pathogen Detected by Blood Culture or Mycobacterium tuberculosis Detected in Induced Sputum Specimen by Culture

Case Site Severity Age (mo) Pathogens Detected on Blood Culture Pathogens Detected on NP/OP PCR TB Positive on Induced Sputum Chest radiograph Antibiotic Pretreatment Before Specimen Collection Comorbidity* Died in Hospital or Within 30 d of Discharge Duration of Hospitalization (d)
1 Dhaka Severe 18 Salmonella typhi CMV
Rhinovirus
No Consolidation + other infiltrate No No No 3
2 Dhaka Severe 45 S. typhi Haemophilus influenzaeParainfluenza 4Staphylococcus aureus No Normal No Premature (32 wk) No 5
3 Dhaka Very severe 12 Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae CMV
H. influenzae
Moraxella catarrhalis
Streptococcus pneumoniae
No Other infiltrate No No No 5
4 Dhaka Very severe 56 - S. pneumoniae
S. aureus
Yes Consolidation + other infiltrate No Yes (severe malnutrition) No 15
5 Matlab Severe 6 - CMV
Influenza A
S. pneumoniae
Yes Normal Yes No No 4

*Includes prematurity, heart disease, developmental delay, congenital abnormality and severe malnutrition.

†Categorized as Enterobacteriaceae in etiology analyses.

CMV indicates cytomegalovirus; TB, M. tuberculosis.