Commonly cultured organisms | Gram-negative bacteria | Escherichia coli | Klebsiella spp | Enterobacter spp | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Citrobacter spp | Acinetobacter spp | Stenotrophomonas maltophila | Gram-positive bacteria | Coagulase-negative staphylococci | Staphylococcus aureus | Enterococcus spp | Viridans group streptococci | Streptococcus pneumoniae | Streptococcus pyogenes | Other bacteria | Clostridioides difficile | Anaerobes | Mycobacteria | Fungi | Aspergillus spp | Candida spp | | Less commonly cultured organisms | Gram-negative bacteria | Proteus spp | Haemophilus spp | Serratia spp | Neisseria meningitidis | Capnocytophaga canimorsus | Legionella spp | Moraxella spp | Gram-positive bacteria | Bacillus spp | Listeria monocytogenes | Stomatococcus spp | Corynebacterium jeikeium | | Additional organisms | Fungi | Cryptococcus spp | Histoplasma capsulatum | Coccidioides spp | Mucorales | Pneumocystis jirovecii (formerly P. carinii) | Viruses | Herpes simplex virus 1,2 | Varicella-zoster virus | Cytomegalovirus | Epstein-Barr virus | Human herpesvirus 6 | Enteroviruses | Respiratory syncytial virus | Influenza virus | Parainfluenza virus | Other | Babesia spp | Plasmodium spp (the cause of malaria) | Toxoplasma spp | Strongyloides stercoralis | Nocardia spp | |