Table 1 Demographic and clinical data of 118 non pregnant adults with listeriosis, Lombardy region, Italy, 2006-2010
Characteristics | No. of patients (%) |
|---|---|
Gender/age | n = 118 |
Female | 63 (53.4) |
Male | 55 (46.6) |
≥ 65 years | 66 (55.9) |
Clinical characteristics | n = 103 |
Underlying condition | 91 (88.3) |
Solid cancer | 30 (29.1) |
Immunosuppressive therapy | 24 (23.3 |
Hematologic malignancy | 18 (17.5) |
Diabetes mellitus | 17 (16.5) |
Renal insufficiency | 16 (15.5) |
Liver cirrhosis/chronic | |
hepatitis | 11 (10.7) |
HIV/AIDS | 5 (4.8) |
Alcoholism | 3 (2.9) |
Clinical presentation | n = 118 |
Septicemia | 90 (76.3) |
Meningitis | 24 (20.3) |
Other infections | 4 (3.4) |
All-cause fatality rate | n = 83 |
21 (25.3) |