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Table 5 Combinations of pathogens according to microbial groups in patients with polymicrobial pneumonia

From: Polymicrobial intensive care unit-acquired pneumonia: prevalence, microbiology and outcome

Pathogens

Number

Patients with 3 pathogens identified

 

Enterobacteriaceae + MSSA + non-fermenting GNB

1

Enterobacteriaceae + MSSA + H. influenzae

1

Patients with 2 pathogens identified

 

2 Enterobacteriaceae

9

Enterobacteriaceae + MSSA

6

Enterobacteriaceae + non-fermenting GNB

6

2 non-fermenting GNB

3

Enterobacteriaceae + H. influenzae

2

Enterobacteriaceae + MRSA

2

MSSA + S. pneumoniae

2

MSSA + non-fermenting GNB

2

Enterobacteriaceae + M. catarrhalis

1

Enterobacteriaceae + Fusobacterium spp

1

MSSA + H. influenza

1

MSSA + Aspergillus spp.

1

Non-fermenting GNB + Aspergillus spp.

1

Non-fermenting GNB + MRSA

1

S. pneumoniae + H. influenzae

1

  1. MSSA methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus, GNB Gram-negative bacilli, MRSA methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus