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Table 3 Co-infection of principal pathogens in sputum

From: Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of psittacosis among cases with complicated or atypical pulmonary infection using metagenomic next-generation sequencing: a multi-center observational study in China

Pathogens

Parrot fever cases n = 8 (%)

Non-parrot fever cases n = 726 (%)

P value

Candida albicans

3 (37.5)

281 (38.7)

1.000

Streptococcus pneumoniae

2 (25.0)

269 (37.1)

0.717

Corynebacterium striatum

2 (25.0)

202 (27.8)

1.000

Epstein-Barr virus

1 (12.5)

216 (29.8)

0.448

Human herpesvirus 1

1 (12.5)

200 (27.5)

0.457

Haemophilus parainfluenzae

1 (12.5)

163 (22.5)

0.692

Klebsiella pneumoniae

0

239 (32.8)

0.059

Acinetobacter baumannii complex

0

221 (30.4)

0.114

Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae

0

195 (26.9)

0.118

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

0

140 (19.3)

0.364

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

0

139 (19.2)

0.364