Table 4. Organisms identified on post-mortem lung molecular assay detection in decedents hospitalized with respiratory illness with (COVID+) and without (COVID‒) SARS-CoV-2 infection.
| COVID+ | COVID‒ | |
|---|---|---|
| n = 75 | n = 42 | |
| Bacteria | ||
| Acinetobacter baumannii | 9 (12) | 2 (5) |
| Enterococcus faecalis/faecium | 4 (5) | 0 |
| Escherichia coli | 8 (11) | 0 |
| Group B Streptococcus | 1 (1) | 0 |
| Haemophilus influenzae | 1 (1) | 2 (5) |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 9 (12) | 1 (2) |
| Mycobacterium tuberculosis | 0 | 0 |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 3 (4) | 0 |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 4 (5) | 0 |
| Streptococcus sangius | 3 (4) | 1 (2) |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae | 1 (1) | 2 (5) |
| Ureaplasma urealyticum | 2 (3) | 0 |
| Virus | ||
| Cytomegalovirus | 5 (7) | 3 (7) |
| Epstein-Barr virus | 7 (9) | 8 (19) |
| Herpes-simplex virus | 2 (3) | 1 (2) |
| Human herpesvirus 6 | 2 (3) | 0 |
| Fungi | ||
| Pneumocysttis jirovecii | 0 | 4 (10) |
| Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Tested by GeneXpert test) | 2/67 (3) | 5/39 (13) |
Results are n (%).