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Table 3 Characteristics of 12 death patients

From: Streptococcus agalactiae in adults at chiang mai university hospital: a retrospective study

No.

Sex

Age (years)

Site of infection

Underlying diseases

Signs/symptoms

Laboratory findings

Length of hospital stay (days)

      

White blood cells

(cells/mm3)

Platelets

(cells/mm3)

PTT1

(seconds)

Creatinine

(mg/dL)

 

1

M

47

Bloodstream

No

Myalgia

8,400

97,000

34.1

3.2

1

2

M

47

Bloodstream

No

Myalgia, arthralgia

23,900

38,000

45.4

1.9

4

3

M

56

Bloodstream

Chronic alcohol drinking

Myalgia, arthralgia

7,900

16,000

51.5

2.5

1

4

M

66

Bloodstream

Chronic alcohol drinking

Fever, arthralgia, myalgia

3,800

47,000

92.3

1.2

1

5

M

68

Bloodstream

No

Fever

25,000

15,000

50.5

1.5

1

6

M

66

Bloodstream and meningitis

CVA

Fever, headache, stiffness of neck

11,900

103,000

31.4

1.0

49

7

M

39

Bloodstream and meningitis

HIV

Fever, headache, stiffness of neck, altered mentation

7,800

65,000

41.4

0.9

3

8

M

62

Bloodstream and meningitis

Hematologic malignancy

Fever, headache

12,700

25,000

-

1.1

48

9

F

50

Arthritis

Chronic renal failure, cancer

Arthritis

17,800

567,000

21.2

4.2

17

10

F

56

Arthritis

No

Arthritis

17,800

207,000

-

0.7

1

11

F

63

Urinary tract

Renal stone

Fever, dyspnea

9,340

14,000

53.4

2.1

150

122

M

59

Subcutaneous abscess

Diabetes

Fever, subcutaneous abscess

14,300

127,000

26.2

5.3

3

  1. Abbreviation: PTT, partial thromboplastin time; CVA, cerebrovascular accident; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus
  2. 1 control range 24-34 seconds
  3. 2 concurrent Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection