organisms

Last reviewed 01/2018

Bacterial organisms that may cause neonatal pneumonia include:

• group B streptococci
• gram-negative bacilli including E. coli, Klebsiella, and Pseudomonas
• listeria
• Staphylococcus species
• other rarer bacterial pathogens include anaerobic bacilli and Chlamydia

Nonbacterial pathogens that may cause neonatal pneumonia include mycoplasma pneumonia, candida albicans, cytomegalovirus and pneumocystis carinii.