|
Pathogens
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Diagnostic method performed*
|
|---|
| |
Inpatients (N = 276)
|
Outpatients (N = 424)
|
Urinary Antigen (N = 678)
|
Sputum (N = 222 )
|
Blood Culture (N = 221 )
|
Serologic Test (N = 663 )
|
|---|
|
Any pathogen identified
|
196 (71)
|
194 (45.7)
| | | | |
|
Conventional bacteria†
|
136 (69.4)
|
43 (22.2)
| | | | |
|
Streptococcus pneumoniae
†
|
127 (64.8)
|
43 (22.2)
|
155 (22.9)
|
8 (3.6)
|
24 (10.9)
| |
|
Others bacteria
|
9 (4.6)
|
0 (0)
| |
4 (1.8)
|
5 (2.3)
| |
|
Atypical pathogen†
|
60 (30.6)
|
130 (67)
| | | | |
|
Coxiella burnetii
†
|
15 (7.7)
|
57 (29.4)
| | | |
72 (10.9)
|
|
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
|
22 (11.2)
|
40 (20.6)
| | | |
62 (9.4)
|
|
Chlamydia pneumoniae
|
11 (5.6)
|
26 (13.4)
| | | |
37 (5.6)
|
|
Chlamydia psittaci
|
1 (0.5)
|
1 (0.5)
| | | |
2 (0.3)
|
|
Legionella pneumophila
†
|
11 (5.6)
|
6 (3.1)
|
17 (3.5)
| | | |
|
Virus
|
21 (10.7)
|
35 (18)
| | | | |
|
Influenza virus
|
6 (3.1)
|
18 (9.3)
| | | |
24 (3.6)
|
|
Parainfluenza virus
|
15 (7.7)
|
17 (8.8)
| | | |
32 (4.8)
|
|
Total, mixed infection
|
21 (10.7)
|
14 (7.2)
| | | | |
- Data are presented as numbers (percentage) unless otherwise stated. Values for mixed infections are included in those for each of the infecting organism.
- Others bacteria included Escherichia coli 4 cases, Stafhylococcus aureus 2 cases, Enterococcus faecalis 1 case, Pseudomonas aeruginosa 1 case, Morganella morganii 1 case.
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*Data are presented as numbers of patients with positive results. % = positive results/number of test performed
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†
P value <0.05, between inpatients and outpatients.
