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Table 2 Baseline patient characteristics

From: Predicting the microbial cause of community-acquired pneumonia: can physicians or a data-driven method differentiate viral from bacterial pneumonia at patient presentation?

 

Total (n = 153)

Bacteria (n = 36)

Virus (n = 57)

Co-infection (n = 31)

No pathogen (n = 29)

Sex (male), n (%)

108 (70.6%)

28 (77.8%)

32 (56.1%)

24 (77.4%)

24 (82.7%)

Age (years), median (range)

62 (51–73)

65 (53–77)

61 (48–68)

62 (57–73)

62 (51–73)

SAPS II, median (range)

37 (27–47)

44.5 (34–53.5)

33 (27–44)

42 (25–55.5)

31 (19–41)

BMI, median (range)

27 (23–32)

25 (23–27)

31 (26.5–35)

27 (23–31)

28 (23–31)

Seasonal influenza vaccination, n (%)

47 (30.7%)

16 (44.4%)

12 (21%)

8 (25.8%)

11 (37.93%)

Pneumococcal vaccination, n (%)

27 (17.6%)

8 (22.2%)

5 (8.8%)

9 (29%)

5 (17.24%)

COPD, n (%)

37 (24.2%)

6 (16.7%)

11 (19.3%)

7 (22.6%)

13 (44.83%)

Asthma, n (%)

9 (5.9%)

1 (2.8%)

5 (8.8%)

2 (6.4%)

1 (3.4%)

Chronic heart failure, n (%)

22 (14.4%)

1 (2.8%)

10 (17.5%)

7 (22.6%)

4 (13.8%)

Chronic renal failure, n (%)

12 (7.8%)

2 (5.6%)

5 (8.8%)

2 (6.4%)

3 (10.3%)

Diabetes, n (%)

27 (17.6%)

3 (8.3%)

10 (17.5%)

8 (25.8%)

6 (20.7%)

Tobacco use, n (%)

57 (37.2%)

13 (36.1%)

21 (58.3%)

10 (32.3%)

13 (44.8%)

Alcohol abuse, n (%)

29 (18.9%)

9 (25%)

5 (8.8%)

10 (32.3%)

5 (17.2%)

Immunocompromised patient, n (%)

41 (26.8%)

11 (30.6%)

11 (19.3%)

12 (38.7%)

7 (24.1%)

Patient treated with antibiotic(s), n (%)

152 (99.3%)

36 (100%)

57 (100%)

31 (100%)

28 (96.5%)

Patient treated with antiviral drug(s), n (%)

21 (13.7%)

0 (0%)

18 (31.6%)

3 (9.7%)

0 (0%)

Patient mechanically ventilated, n (%)

113 (73.9%)

33 (91.7%)

39 (68.4%)

20 (64.5%)

21 (72.4%)

Patient with tracheal intubation, n (%)

89 (58.2%)

30 (83.3%)

28 (49.1%)

19 (61.3%)

12 (41.4%)

Invasive mechanical ventilation (day), median (range)

7 (4–14)

7 (5–9.7)

8 (4–15.7)

6.5 (4.2–10.7)

7 (5.2–11.7)

Non-invasive mechanical ventilation (day), median (range)

2 (1–4)

2 (2–4)

2 (1–4.5)

1 (1–1)

2.5 (1–3)

ARDS, n (%)

41 (26.8%)

15 (41.7%)

13 (22.8%)

8 (25.8%)

5 (17.2%)

Patient treated with vasopressor, n (%)

47 (30.7%)

17 (47.2%)

13 (22.8%)

12 (38.7%)

5 (17.2%)

Vasopressor (day), median (range)

3 (2–5)

3 (2–5)

2 (2–3)

3.5 (1–6)

3 (2–3)

Creatinine (μM), median (range)

106 (81–161)

113 (86–194)

108 (77–174)

121 (90–160)

88 (73–110)

Renal replacement therapy, n (%)

14 (9.1%)

7 (19.4%)

5 (8.8%)

1 (3.2%)

1 (3.4%)

ICU mortality, n (%)

13 (8.5%)

5 (13.9%)

3 (5.3%)

5 (16.1%)

0 (0%)

  1. SAPSII Simplified acute physiology score II, BMI Body mass index, COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ARDS Acute respiratory distress syndrome, ICU Intensive care unit