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Table 1 Patient and infection characteristics

From: Epidemiology and outcome of sepsis in adult patients with Streptococcus pneumoniae infection in a Norwegian county 1993–2011: an observational study

Characteristic

N (%)

Patients included

414 (100)

All-cause mortality

 30-days

51 (12.3)

 90-days

69 (16.7)

Sex

 Female

195 (47.1)

 Male

219 (52.9)

Acquisition

 Community-acquired

323 (78.1)

 Healthcare-associated

73 (17.6)

 Hospital-acquired

18 (4.3)

Age category

  < 50

69 (16.7)

 50–69

131 (31.6)

 70–79

104 (25.1)

  ≥ 80

110 (26.6)

Comorbid conditions

 Malignancy

90 (21.7)

 Renal failure

24 (5.8)

 Diabetes mellitus

51 (12.3)

 Hypertension

98 (23.7)

 Coronary heart disease

84 (20.3)

 Heart failure

40 (9.7)

 Chronic pulmonary disease

96 (23.2)

 Cerebral ischemic disease

40 (9.7)

Charlson comorbidity index (CCI)

 0

144 (34.8)

 1–2

190 (45.9)

  ≥ 3

80 (19.3)

Severity of sepsis

 Sepsis without organ failure

267 (64.5)

 Severe sepsis

110 (26.6)

 Septic shock

37 (8.9)

Pitt bacteremia score

 0

126 (30.4)

 1

131 (31.6)

 2

72 (17.4)

  ≥ 3

85 (20.6)

Focus of infection

N (%)

 Abdomen

4 (1.0)

 Lower respiratory tract

344 (83.0)

 Upper respiratory tract

11 (2.7)

 Skin/soft tissue/abscess/myositis

13 (3.1)

 Meningitis

26 (6.3)

 Unknown

16 (3.9)

Time period

 1993–2002

134 (32.4)

 2003–2011

280 (67.6)

Management

 Treatment in Intensive Care Unit(ICU)

136 (32.9)

 Treatment with vasopressors

40 (9.6)

 Ventilator treatment

16 (3.9)

 Penicillin-sensitive Streptococcus pneumoniae

397 (97.8)a

  1. aWe had information about 406 isolates of S.pneumoniae