Research Article

Detection of Viruses by Multiplex Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid of Patients with Nonresponding Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Table 2

Bacterial and viral test result.

Item (bacteria†)Total (n = 43)Item (virus)Total (n = 43)

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia2Herpes simplex virus2
Staphylococcus aureus3Influenza A virus8
Klebsiella pneumoniae1Human enterovirus2
Flavobacterium meningitidis1Human coronavirus 229E1
Acinetobacter baumannii6Adenovirus7
Klebsiella pneumoniae pneumonia4Cytomegalovirus2
Escherichia coli1Rhinovirus1
Ralstonia1Parainfluenza virus1
Other bacteria4

Five patients had two bacteria isolated. Two patients had two viruses isolated. One patient had three viruses isolated.