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Table 2 Results of isolated respiratory pathogen according to age

From: Analysis of national surveillance of respiratory pathogens for community-acquired pneumonia in children and adolescents

 

< 12 mo

1–3 yrs

4–6 yrs

7–11 yrs

≧ 12 yrs

UK

Total

N of sample

147

309

215

270

73

5

1023

Viruses

127 (86.4)

262 (84.8)

136 (63.3)

111 (41.1)

24 (30.8)

1

661 (64.5)

M. pneumoniae

14 (9.5)

56 (18.1)

121 (56.3)

179 (66.3)

48 (65.8)

3

422 (41.3)

S. aureus

26 (17.7)

24 (7.8)

24 (11.1)

42 (15.6)

14 (19.2)

1

131 (12.8)

S. pneumoniae

24 (16.3)

45 (14.6)

12 (5.6)

7 (2.6)

4 (5.5)

 

92 (9)

H. influenzae

1 (0.7)

11 (3.6)

4 (1.9)

4 (1.5)

  

20 (2)

P. aeruginosa

3 (2)

3 (1)

3 (1.4)

3 (1.1)

1 (1.4)

 

13 (1.3)

K. pneumoniae

3 (2)

1 (0.3)

2 (0.9)

2 (0.7)

  

8 (0.8)

C. pneumoniae

   

5 (1.9)

  

5 (0.5)

B. pertussis

2 (1.4)

1 (0.3)

1 (0.5)

1 (0.4)

  

5 (0.5)

  1. N number, mo months, yrs years, UK unknown