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Table 2 Severity of illness and outcomes patients with invasive pneumococcal disease with and without septic arthritis

From: Rates of, and risk factors for, septic arthritis in patients with invasive pneumococcal disease: prospective cohort study

Outcomes

Septic Arthritis

No Septic Arthritis

Unadjusted P-value

Intensive Care Unit Admission

7 (13.7)

876 (27.4)

0.04

Mechanical ventilation

5 (9.8)

680 (21.3)

0.055

Meningitis

0 (0)

160 (5)

0.18

Bacteremia

51 (100)

3061 (96)

0.17

Empyema

5 (9.8)

215 (6.7)

0.81

Cellulitis

2 (3.9)

81 (2.5)

0.53

Creatinine increase of >100 umol/L

2 (3.9)

116 (3.6)

0.91

Hemoglobin g/La

119.5 (25.0)

122.2 (19.6)

0.46

WBC Ă— 109 /Lb

16.0 (1.0)

17.8 (0.4)

0.51

Platelets Ă— 109 /Lc

251.3 (25.9)

213.6 (2.1)

0.03

In hospital mortality

6 (11.8)

480 (15)

0.52

  1. a60 no septic arthritis patients missing data
  2. b57 no septic arthritis patients missing data
  3. c68 no septic arthritis patients missing data