Table 1 Patient characteristics
From: Serotype-specific mortality from invasive Streptococcus pneumoniaedisease revisited
Mortality rate, % | Survivors No. (%) | Non-survivors No. (%) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age, years | ||||
18–49 | 17.8 | 83 (25.9) | 18 (14.6) | |
50–65 | 33.8 | 47 (14.5) | 24 (19.6) | |
65–79 | 29.6 | 114 (35.5) | 48 (39.0) | |
> 80 | 30.0 | 77 (24.0) | 33 (26.8) | 0.077 |
Sex | ||||
Female | 29.4 | 199 (58.4) | 64 (52.0) | |
Male | 24.3 | 142 (41.6) | 59 (48.0) | 0.244 |
Focus | ||||
Bacteremia | 35.4 | 62 (20.5) | 34 (27.6) | |
Pneumonia | 27.1 | 226 (74.8) | 84 (68.3) | |
Meningitis | 44.4 | 5 (1.7) | 4 (0.8) | |
Otitis media | 10.0 | 9 (3.0) | 1 (3.3) | 0.153 |
Comorbidity* | ||||
No | 23.6 | 133 (43.8) | 41 (33.3) | |
Yes | 32.4 | 171 (56.2) | 82 (66.7) | 0.047 |
Alcoholism | ||||
No | 27.0 | 265 (87.2) | 98 (79.7) | |
Yes | 39.1 | 39 (12.8) | 25 (20.3) | 0.049 |
Smoking status | ||||
Never | 27.1 | 70 (29.8) | 26 (33.3) | |
Current or former | 24.0 | 165 (70.2) | 52 (66.7) | 0.573 |
Splenectomy | ||||
No | 28.6 | 300 (98.7) | 120 (97.6) | |
Yes | 42.9 | 4 (1.3) | 3 (2.4) | 0.416 |
Intravenous drug use | ||||
No | 29.4 | 293 (96.4) | 122 (99.2) | |
Yes | 8.3 | 11 (3.6) | 1 (0.8) | 0.193 |
Nursing home residence | ||||
Yes | 27.6 | 21 (7.7) | 8 (7.1) | |
No | 27.2 | 279 (92.3) | 104 (92.9) | 0.984 |
Temperature | ||||
≥ 38.5°C | 22.8 | 210 (71.9) | 62 (56.4) | |
< 38.5°C | 36.9 | 82 (28.1) | 48 (43.6) | 0.003 |
B-leukocytes | ||||
> 9 10 9 /L | 24.7 | 216 (81.8) | 71 (65.7) | |
≤ 9 10 9 /L | 43.5 | 48 (18.2) | 37 (34.3) | 0.001 |