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Microbiology

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The organisms usually implicated are bacteria, including: (1)

  • Streptococcus pneumonia
  • Staphylococci
  • Haemophilus influenzae
  • Klebsiella pneumonia
  • Escherichia coli
  • anaerobes

Less commonly, viruses are implicated, for example:

  • rhinovirus
  • parainfluenza virus
  • influenza virus

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