Volume 12, Number 2—February 2006
Research
Ameba-associated Microorganisms and Diagnosis of Nosocomial Pneumonia
Pierre Berger*†, Laurent Papazian‡, Michel Drancourt*†, Bernard La Scola*†, Jean-Pierre Auffray‡, and Didier Raoult*†
Table 3
Description of 22 cases of pneumonia with identification of ameba-associated and nonameba-associated microorganisms*
| Ameba-associated level of evidence |
Nonameba-associated identification |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Definite | Possible |
| Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus† | Staphylococcus aureus† | ||
| A. polyphaga mimivirus | Chlamydia pneumoniae | ||
| Mesorhizobium amorphae, Rasbo bacterium | Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Balneatrix alpica | ||
| Legionella pneumophila | HSV1 | ||
| L. anisa† | Serratia marcescens† | ||
| A. polyphaga mimivirus | P. aeruginosa | ||
| L. pneumophila† | P. aeruginosa† | ||
| L. pneumophila | Candida albicans | ||
| Bosea massiliensis, Bradyrhizobium japonicum† | Escherichia coli† | ||
| Parachlamydia sp. | Streptococcus pneumoniae | ||
| A. polyphaga mimivirus | Enterobacter cloacae, C. pneumoniae | ||
| A. polyphaga mimivirus | CMV | ||
| A. polyphaga mimivirus | E. cloacae | ||
| A. polyphaga mimivirus | E. aerogenes, P. aeruginosa | ||
| A. polyphaga mimivirus | P. aeruginosa | ||
| A. polyphaga mimivirus | S. aureus | ||
| Bosea thiooxydans, A. polyphaga mimivirus | S. aureus | ||
| B. massiliensis, B. japonicum, R. bacterium | Proteus mirabilis, S. aureus | ||
| B. massilensis, B. japonicum | HSV1 | ||
| Bradyrhizobium liaoningense | S. aureus | ||
| B. liaoningense | P. aeruginosa | ||
| B. liaoningense | Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | ||
*HSV1, herpes simplex virus 1; CMV, cytomegalovirus.
†Community-acquired pneumonia.
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