Table 2.
The most common clinical manifestations of Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis bacteremia by age during the study period of August 2015 to July 2018
| Site of infectiona | 18–49 years N = 17 (%) |
50–64 years N = 33 (%) | 65–79 years N = 83 (%) |
≥ 80 years N = 84 (%) |
P-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skin/soft tissue infection | 14 | (82) | 24 | (73) | 66 | (80) | 57 | (68) | 0.306 |
| Cellulitis | 13 | (76) | 24 | (73) | 60 | (72) | 52 | (62) | 0.388 |
| Purulent skin infection | 5 | (29) | 8 | (23) | 17 | (20) | 13 | (15) | 0.492 |
| Pneumonia | 0 | (0) | 4 | (12) | 12 | (14) | 19 | (23) | 0.092 |
| Deep abscess | 3 | (18) | 3 | (9) | 3 | (4) | 5 | (6) | 0.114 |
| Bone and joint infection | 1 | (6) | 2 | (6) | 3 | (4) | 3 | (4) | 0.724 |
| Arthritis | 1 | (6) | 1 | (3) | 3 | (4) | 3 | (4) | 0.891 |
| Bacteremia without defined focus | 1 | (6) | 3 | (9) | 10 | (12) | 15 | (18) | 0.478 |
aOne patient may have one or more clinical manifestations