Table 2 Patients’ characteristics
Case no. | Sex | Age | Diagnosis while admission | Comorbidity | Smoking (package/year) | Methylprednisolone consumption before diagnosis (mg) | Broad antibiotic therapy | Neutrophil (×109) | Sputum culture (times) | Sputum culture | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | M | 71 | Pneumonia | Coronary heart disease, Hypertension, DM,COPD | 55 | 253 | Yes | 10.37 | 4 | Aspergillus (once) Klebsiella (twice) Normal (twice) | |
2 | M | 77 | Pneumonia | Hypertension, prostatic hyperplasia, prostatic cancer | N/A | 1048 | Yes | 12.22 | 1 | Normal (once) | |
3 | M | 73 | Acute exacerbation of asthma | Hypertension, DM, rheumatoid arthritis | 20 | 1040 | Yes | 13.44 | 7 | Normal (seven times) | |
4 | F | 81 | Acute exacerbation of COPD | Zoster, schistosomiasis liver disease | N/A | 1032 | Yes | 9.96 | 2 | Stenotrophomonas maltophilia(once) Normal (once) | |
5 | F | 62 | Acute exacerbation of asthma | None | N/A | 2360 | Yes | 5.47 | 5 | Filamentous fungi (once) Klebsiella (once) Acinetobacter Bauman (once) Normal(thrice) | |
6 | M | 58 | Pneumonia | Postoperative esophagus cancer | 20 | None | Yes | 8.79 | 5 | Candida albicans (twice) Normal(thrice) | |
7 | M | 84 | Pneumonia | DM, knee arthroplasty | N/A | 1200 mg | Yes | 17.81 | 1 | Aspergillus(once) | |
8 | M | 64 | Pneumonia | Liver dysfunction | 30 | None | Yes | 9.13 | 3 | Aspergillus (twice) Normal(once) | |
9 | M | 76 | Pneumonia | Hypertension\ Parkinson \COPD | 15 | None | Yes | 2.52 | 1 | Normal(once) | |
10 | M | 42 | Pneumonia | Drug—induced hypersensitivity syndrome / Hypertension/DM | 20 | Unclear dosage for more than 2 months, | Yes | 4.31 | 2 | Candida albicans (twice) Staphylococcus aureus (once) | |