PNEUMONIA: ETIOLOGY (CONT’D)

• Elderly (cont)

  • Moraxella catarrhalis - with COPD -- usually Betalactamase pos.
  • Legionella - from contaminated aerolized water.
    • 10% community acquired.
    • Mortality twice younger pts.
    • Atypical pattern on CXR

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