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Table 2 Etiology of study population with CAP

From: Viral etiology of community-acquired pneumonia among adolescents and adults with mild or moderate severity and its relation to age and severity

Pathogen identified

n (%)

At least one pathogen

393 (41.2)

Respiratory viruses (RVs)

262 (27.5)

 Influenza virus A

94 (9.9)

  Pandemic H1N1 (pH1N1)

60 (6.3)

  Seasonal H3N2 (sH3N2)

30 (3.1)

  pH1N1 and sH3N2

4 (0.4)

 Human rhinovirus

41 (4.3)

 Adenovirus

40 (4.2)

 Human metapneumovirus

17 (1.8)

 Parainfluenza virus type 1

16 (1.7)

 Parainfluenza virus type 3

14 (1.5)

 Parainfluenza virus type 2

11 (1.2)

 Influenza virus B

6 (0.6)

 Enterovirus

5 (0.5)

 Respiratory syncytial virus type A

5 (0.5)

 Respiratory syncytial virus type B

4 (0.4)

 Human coronavirus types OC43/HKU1

4 (0.4)

 Human coronavirus types 229E/NL63

4 (0.4)

 Parainfluenza virus type 4

1 (0.1)

 Bocavirus

0 (0)

Bacteria

219 (23.0)

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

168 (17.6)

Legionella pneumophila

4 (0.4)

 Typical bacteria

47

  1. Data are expressed as n (%).