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  • Title: Prospective study of the aetiology of adult community acquired bacterial pneumonia needing hospitalisation in Singapore.
    Author: Hui KP, Chin NK, Chow K, Brownlee A, Yeo TC, Kumarasinghe G, Chan TB, Tan WC.
    Journal: Singapore Med J; 1993 Aug; 34(4):329-34. PubMed ID: 8266206.
    Abstract:
    A prospective survey of 96 consecutive adult patients with community acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalisation was carried out at National University Hospital, Singapore. Causative pathogens were identified in 58% of patients. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was the most common pathogen (21%), followed by Streptococcus pneumoniae (12%), Haemophilus influenzae (5.2%), Mycoplasma pneumoniae (5.2%) and Staphylococcus aureus (4.2%). Gram-negative organisms (apart from Haemophilus influenzae) were found in 10% of pneumonia patients. More than half of the patients had pre-existing illness, the most common was diabetes mellitus (21%).
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