8 - Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia

Question 1

Community-acquired pneumonia 2 most common causative organisms?

Answer 1

Streptococcus pneumoniae
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
(in that order)

Question 2

If a patient was hospitalised with a recent influenza infection, what type of pneumonia can this cause in this patient?

Answer 2

Secondary infection with a bacterial pathogen

= post-influenza secondary bacterial pneumonia

Question 3

What are the 2 most common causes of post-influenza secondary bacterial pneumonia?

Answer 3

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Staphylococcus aureus