Common organisms in community-acquired pneumonia
Outpatient care |
Streptococcus pneumoniae |
Mycoplasma pneumoniae |
Haemophilus influenzae |
Chlamydophila pneumoniae |
Respiratory virus (influenza A and B, adenovirus, respiratory syncytial virus, parainfluenza) |
Inpatient (non-intensive care) |
S pneumoniae |
M pneumoniae |
C pneumoniae |
H influenzae |
Legionella species |
Aspiration-related oral flora |
Respiratory viruses |
Inpatient (intensive care) |
S pneumoniae |
Staphylococcus aureus |
Legionella species |
Gram-negative bacilli |
H influenzae |
From Mandell LA, Wunderink RG, Anzueto A, et al; Infectious Diseases Society of America; American Thoracic Society. Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society consensus guidelines on the management of community-acquired pneumonia in adults. Clin Infect Dis 2007; 44(suppl 2):S27–S72, by permission of Oxford University Press.