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Table 2 Demographic and clinical presentations of deaths and survivors

From: Bacteriology and mortality of necrotizing fasciitis in a tertiary coastal hospital with comparing risk indicators of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Vibrio vulnificus infections: a prospective study

Characteristics (%)

Deaths

(N-20)

Survivors

(N-164)

p-value

Related events

   

Seawater or seafood contact

4 (20)

61 (37.2)

 

Farm/dirty-water contact

1 (5)

27 (16.5)

 

Vital signs

   

Body temperature > 38.5 °C

2 (10)

28 (17)

0.53

Heart rate ≥ 100

13 (65)

81 (49.4)

0.24

Respiratory rate > 20

13 (65)

87 (53)

0.35

Systolic blood pressure < 90

10 (50)

20 (12.2)

0.0002*

Cultures

   

Blood (P) Wound (P)

12 (60)

23 (14)

 

Blood (P) Wound (N)

1 (5)

17 (10.4)

 

Blood (N) Wound (P)

3 (15)

74 (45.1)

 

Blood (N) Wound (N)

4 (20)

50 (30.5)

 

Presence of bacteremia

13 (65)

40 (24.4)

0.0004*

Vibrio vulnificus

5 (38.5)

22 (55)

 

Aeromonas spp.

4 (30.7)

5 (12.5)

 

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

1 (7.7)

1 (2.5)

 

E. coli

0

1 (2.5)

 

MRSA

1 (7.7)

1 (2.5)

 

MSSA

0

1 (2.5)

 

CONS

0

2 (5)

 

β-hemolytic streptococcus

1 (7.7)

6 (15)

 

Viridans streptococci

0

1 (2.5)

 

Polymicrobial

1 (7.7)

0

 
  1. Blood (P), culture-positive blood sample; Blood (N), culture-negative blood sample; Wound (P), culture-positive surgical wound sample; Wound (N), culture-negative surgical wound sample; CONS, Coagulase negative Staphylococcus
  2. *Mean p < 0.05 and the difference was significant