Can clinical findings at admission allow withholding of antibiotics in patients hospitalized for community acquired pneumonia when a test for a respiratory virus is positive?

Table 2 Etiologic agents of pneumonia in 122 patients^ab

Bacteria
Recognized bacterial pathogens
Streptococcus pneumoniae	24
Haemophilus influenzae	31
Staphylococcus aureus	11
Moraxella catarrhalis	8
Klebsiella sp.	1
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	5
Other	2
Commensal bacteria
Streptococcus mitis/oralis, or mixed
viridans including S. mitis	30
Corynebacteria	8
Other	20
Viruses
Rhinovirus	13
Influenza	15
Parainfluenza	2
Human metapneumovirus	5
Respiratory syncytial	5
Adenovirus	1
Bacterial/viral coinfection
Influenza + recognized bacteria	6
Influenza + commensals	4
Other viruses + recognized bacteria	8
Other viruses + commensals	9
Chlamydophila	0
Mycoplasma	0
Fungi	0

^aTotal number of identified organisms exceeds total number of cases because > 1 organism was identified in many cases
^bWhen commensal organisms were identified together bacterial pathogens, we followed convention by not mentioning them, even though their presence in large numbers by Gram stain and quantitative bacteriology suggests that they contributed to the pneumonia

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