Table 1 Basic characteristics of the empyema patients
From: The outcomes of thoracoscopic decortication between fungal empyema and bacterial empyema
Fungal empyema | Bacterial empyema | P | |
|---|---|---|---|
Number of patients | 28 | 547 | |
Age (years) mean ± SD | 65.50 ± 11.91 | 62.64 ± 16.20 | 0.358 |
Gender | 0.059 | ||
Male | 26 (92.9%) | 426 (77.9%) | |
Female | 2 (7.1%) | 121 (22.1%) | |
Smoking | 0.042 | ||
Never | 15 (53.6%) | 391 (71.5%) | |
Ever | 13 (46.4%) | 156 (28.5%) | |
CCI score | 0.528 | ||
0 | 3 (10.7%) | 97 (17.7%) | |
1 ~ 2 | 8 (28.6%) | 170 (31.1%) | |
> = 3 | 17 (60.7%) | 280 (51.2%) | |
Phase | 0.390 | ||
II | 23 (82.1%) | 410 (75.0%) | |
III | 5 (17.9%) | 137 (25.0%) | |
Location | 0.004 | ||
Right | 20 (71.4%) | 331 (60.5%) | |
Left | 6 (21.5%) | 211 (38.6%) | |
Bilateral | 2 (7.1%) | 5 (0.9%) | |
Pathogen | 0.001 | ||
Single | 6 (21.4%) | 398 (72.8%) | |
Multiple | 22 (78.6%) | 149 (27.2%) | |
Cause | < 0.001 | ||
Pneumonia | 13 (46.4%) | 443 (81.0%) | |
From abdomen | 1 (3.6%) | 16 (2.9%) | |
From neck/mediastinum | 1 (3.6%) | 1 (0.2%) | |
Cancer related | 2 (7.1%) | 29 (5.3%) | |
Iatrogenic | 7 (25.0%) | 18 (3.3%) | |
Trauma | 0 (0.0%) | 15 (2.7%) | |
From esophagus | 2 (7.1%) | 4 (0.7%) | |
Others | 2 (7.1%) | 21 (3.8%) | |
Lab data | |||
WBC, mean ± SD (/μL) | 13,792.86 ± 7,126.06 | 14,302.93 ± 6,868.36 | 0.702 |
ANC, mean ± SD (/μL) | 12,320.34 ± 6,695.18 | 12,066.21 ± 6,248.99 | 0.834 |