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Table 2 Distribution of isolated pathogens in patients with non-nosocomial pnseumonia a

From: Prediction of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusin patients with non-nosocomial pneumonia

Microbes

No. of isolates

(%)

Gram-positive pathogens

 

   MRSA

78 (8.3)

   MSSA

51 (5.4)

   Streptococcus pneumoniae

167 (17.7)

Gram-negative pathogens

 

   Pseudomonas aeruginosa

175 (18.5)

   Escherichia Coli

49 (5.2)

   Klebsiella pneumoniae

156 (16.5)

   Enterobacter species

31 (3.3)

   Acinetobacter baumannii

24 (2.5)

   Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

18 (1.9)

   Haemophilus influenza

10 (1.1)

   Moraxella catarrhalis

24 (2.5)

Othersb

25 (2.6)

Atypical pathogens

 

   Mycoplasma pneumoniae

146 (15.5)

   Legionella pneumophila

2 (0.2)

  1. aData are presented as numbers (percentages). Multiple pathogens were isolated in 91 patients.
  2. b Serratia marcescens (n=12), Proteus mirabilis (n=5), Citrobacter species (n=3), Morganella morganii (n=2), Burkholderia cepacia (n=1), Bacteroides fragilis (n=1), Enterococcus faecalis (n=1).
  3. Abbreviations: MRSA methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, MSSA methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus.