From: Impact of microbial Aetiology on mortality in severe community-acquired pneumonia
Characteristics | Viruses detected (n = 50) | Viruses not detected (n = 67) | p-value |
---|---|---|---|
Demographics | |||
 Age, years | 64.3 ± 14.9 | 61.3 ± 17.0 | 0.33 |
 Male | 28 (56.0) | 45 (67.2) | 0.22 |
Comorbid illness | |||
 Diabetes Mellitus | 18 (36.0) | 18 (26.9) | 0.32 |
 Hypertension | 32 (64.0) | 35 (52.2) | 0.20 |
 Cardiac disease | 13 (25.0) | 13 (19.4) | 0.40 |
 Chronic lung disease | 11 (22.0) | 12 (17.9) | 0.58 |
 Cerebrovascular disease | 5 (10.0) | 9 (13.4) | 0.57 |
Symptoms | |||
 Fever | 31 (62.0) | 40 (59.7) | 0.80 |
 Cough | 43 (86.0) | 54 (80.1) | 0.44 |
 Purulent Sputum | 30 (60.0) | 33 (49.3) | 0.25 |
 Dypsnea | 35 (70.0) | 47 (70.1) | 0.99 |
Radiological features | |||
 Multilobar lung infiltrates | 36 (72.0) | 46 (68.7) | 0.70 |
 Pleural effusion | 5 (10.0) | 10 (14.9) | 0.43 |
Laboratory Indices | |||
 Serum C- Reactive Proteina (mg/L) | 127.8 ± 105.0 | 178.1 ± 117.6 | 0.021 |
 Serum Procalcitoninb (ug/L) | 16.0 ± 30.4 | 22.5 ± 37.4 | 0.32 |
Severity indicators | |||
 APACHE II | 22.3 ± 9.6 | 21.9 ± 9.3 | 0.82 |
 Shock | 30 (60.0) | 39 (58.2) | 0.85 |
 Altered mentation | 11 (22.0) | 11 (16.4) | 0.45 |
Ventilatory support | |||
 -Invasive | 47 (94.0) | 61 (91.0) | 0.84 |
 -Non-invasive | 1 (2.0) | 3 (4.5) |  |
 -Supplemental oxygen | 2 (4.0) | 4 (6.0) |  |