Table 2 Clinical features, treatment and outcome
From: Temporal trends of β-haemolytic streptococcal osteoarticular infections in western Norway
GAS n = 24 | GBS n = 45 | GCGS n = 40 a | GAS vs GBS | GAS vs GCGS | GBS vs GCGS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Symptoms | Adjusted p-values * | ||||||||
Duration days (IQR) | 1 | (1–5) | 5 | (2–13) | 3 | (1–9) | 0.036 | 1.0 | 0.72 |
Fever | 21 | 88 % | 30 | 67 % | 23 | 58 % | 0.63 | 0.09 | 1.0 |
Severity | |||||||||
SIRS | 18 | 75 % | 23 | 51 % | 24 | 60 % | 0.48 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
STSS | 2 | 8 % | 0 | 0 % | 1 | 3 % | 0.66 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Surgical treatment | |||||||||
NJI | 14 | 12 | 21 | ||||||
Irrigation | 8 | 57 % | 3 | 25 % | 13 | 62 % | |||
Revision | 2 | 14 % | 2 | 17 % | 4 | 19 % | |||
Amputation | 2 | 14 % | 0 | 0 % | 2 | 10 % | |||
Antibiotics alone | 2 | 14 % | 7 | 58 % | 2 | 10 % | |||
PJI | 5 | 22 | 15 | ||||||
Revision | 5 | 100 % | 9 | 41 % | 7 | 47 % | |||
1-stage | 0 | 0 % | 2 | 9 % | 1 | 7 % | |||
2-stage | 0 | 0 % | 5 | 23 % | 3 | 20 % | |||
Amputation | 0 | 0 % | 1 | 5 % | 1 | 7 % | |||
Antibiotics alone | 0 | 0 % | 5 | 23 % | 3 | 20 % | |||
Treatment duration | |||||||||
NJI days (IQR) | 42 | (32–52) | 38 | (28–76) | 42 | (34–56) | |||
PJI days (IQR) | 90 | (14–180) | 137 | (76–361) | 91 | (42–130) | |||
AOM days (IQR) | 56 | (42–56) | 60 | (50–116) | 63 | (51–81) | |||
Outcome | |||||||||
Death <30 day | 2 | 8 % | 1 | 2 % | 1 | 3 % | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Sequelae | 10 | 42 % | 15 | 33 % | 15 | 38 % | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Amputation | 2 | 8 % | 2 | 4 % | 3 | 8 % | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Relapse | 3 | 13 % | 9 | 20 % | 4 | 10 % | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Chronic suppression | 0 | 0 % | 5 | 11 % | 1 | 3 % | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 |