Volume 12, Number 2—February 2006
Research
Ameba-associated Microorganisms and Diagnosis of Nosocomial Pneumonia
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 |
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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.