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Table 2 Results of sputum culture

From: Clinical characteristics and factors related to antibiotic-associated diarrhea in elderly patients with pneumonia: a retrospective cohort study

Bacteria (Sputum)

All (n=146) N (%)

Gram negative rods

Haemophilus influenzae

33 (23)

  Haemophilus influenzae

12 (8.2)

  Haemophilus influenzae (BLNAR)

21 (14)

Klebsiella pneumoniae

31 (21)

Branhamella(Moraxella) catarrhalis

13 (8.9)

Escherichia coli

8 (5.4)

  Escherichia coli

5 (3.4)

  Escherichia coli (ESBL)

3 (2)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

7 (4.8)

Klebsiella oxytoca

5 (3.4)

 Other Gram negative rods

10 (6.9)

  Raoultella planticola

4 (2.7)

  Acinetobacter baumannii

1 (0.7)

  Enterobacter aerogenes

1 (0.7)

  Kluyvera ascorbata

1 (0.7)

  Pasteurella pneumotropica

1 (0.7)

  Proteus mirabilis

1 (0.7)

  Serratia marcescens

1 (0.7)

Gram negative coccus

Neisseria

1 (0.7)

Gram positive cocci

Staphylococcus aureus

4 (2.7)

  Methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus

3 (2)

  Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

1 (0.7)

Streptococcus pneumoniae

30 (21)

  Streptococcus pneumoniae

29 (20)

  Penicillin G insensitive streptococcus pneumoniae

1 (0.7)

 Other Streptococcus

4 (2.8)

  Streptococcus agalactiae (group B)

1 (0.7)

  Streptococcus anginosus

1 (0.7)

  Streptococcus group G

2 (1.4)

  1. BLNAR β-lactamase nonproducing Ampicillin resistant, ESBL extended spectrum β-lactamase