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Table 3 Etiologies of severe community-acquired pneumonia

From: The impact of empiric antimicrobial therapy with a β-lactam and fluoroquinolone on mortality for patients hospitalized with severe pneumonia

Microorganisms

Number (n = 41)

Streptococcus pneumoniae

15

Staphylococcus aureus

10

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

2

Haemophilus influenzae

7

Enterobacteriaceaa

3

Miscellaneousb

2

Other Gram-positive coccic

2

  1. aIncluding Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Klebsiella oxytoca, and Proteus mirabilis; bAcinetobacter species, Aspergillus species, and Haemophilus parainfluenzae; cincluding Enterococcus species and Streptococcus species.
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