Table 3.
Clinical data, radiological presentation and community treatment of the patients with CAP due to C. pneumoniae.
| Key | Signs | Symptoms | X-ray chest | Complications | Community treatment | Schemes | Community treatment | Duration illness | LHS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT-1 | Crackles, wheezing | Fever, rhinorrhoea, diarrhoea | Interstitial, consolidation | Mechanical ventilation, PICU | Y | 1 | DX (3) | 15 | 14 |
| AT-2 | Crackles | Fever, headache | Interstitial, consolidation | None | Y | 1 | CXM (1) | 29 | 29 |
| AT-3 | Hypoventilation | Fever, pharyngitis, vomiting | Interstitial | Pericarditis | Y | 4 | CLR (8), CEC (7), SXT (4), AM (7) | 35 | 10 |
| AT-4 | Wheezing, crackles | Fever | BMN | None | Y | 2 | CRO (4), CFM (10) | 22 | 9 |
| AT-6 | Wheezing, hypoventilation | Fever | Interstitial, consolidation, overdistention | None | N | 11 | 8 | ||
| AT-8 | Wheezing, crackles | Fever, rhinorrhoea | Consolidation, atelectasis, overdistention | None | N | 28 | 26 | ||
| AT-10 | Tachycardia | Fever | Interstitial | None | N | 22 | 21 | ||
| AT-14 | Tachycardia | Fever | Interstitial, overdistention | None | N | 23 | 23 | ||
| AT-15 | Tachycardia, wheezing, crackles | Abdominal pain, vomiting | Interstitial, overdistention | None | Y | 2 | AMX (3), CRO (1) | 36 | 16 |
| AT-33 | Tachycardia, crackles | Fever, rhinorrhoea | Interstitial, consolidation, | Mechanical ventilation, PICU | N | 45 | 42 | ||
| AT-34 | Crackles | Fever, headache, vomiting | Interstitial, BMN | None | Y | 1 | AMC (7) | 17 | 12 |
| AT-35 | Crackles | Fever, rhinorrhoea | Interstitial | None | N | 11 | 11 | ||
| AT-36 | None | Fever, rhinorrhoea, pharyngitis, abdominal pain, vomiting | Consolidation | Mechanical ventilation, PICU, Dead | Y | 1 | Unknown | 17 | 4 |
| AT-38 | Wheezing, hypoventilation | Fever, rhinorrhoea, vomiting | Interstitial, atelectasis | Mechanical ventilation, PICU | N | 9 | 27 | ||
| AT-39 | Wheezing, crackles | Fever, rhinorrhoea. vomiting | BMN | Mechanical ventilation, PICU | N | 39 | 33 | ||
| AT-41 | Tachycardia, wheezing, crackles | Fever, rhinorrhoea | Interstitial | None | N | 18 | 12 | ||
| AT-44 | Wheezing, crackles | Rhinorrhoea | Interstitial, BMN, effusion | Mechanical ventilation, PICU | N | 98 | 37 | ||
| AT-46 | Tachycardia, crackles | Fever | BMN, multiple foci | None | N | 8 | 9 | ||
| AT-47 | Tachycardia, crackles | Fever, rhinorrhoea, pharyngitis, | Interstitial | None | N | 6 | 7 | ||
| AT-53 | Cyanosis, crackles | Fever | BMN | None | N | 18 | 19 | ||
| AT-54 | Tachycardia, wheezing, cyanosis, crackles, hypoventilation | Fever, rhinorrhoea | BMN | Mechanical ventilation, PICU | N | 38 | 17 | ||
| AT-55 | Tachycardia, wheezing, crackles | Fever, rhinorrhoea, pharyngitis, | Consolidation | Mechanical ventilation, PICU, Pleural effusion | Y | 1 | CN (1) | 32 | 23 |
| AT-60 | Wheezing | None | Interstitial | None | N | 8 | 8 | ||
| AT-61 | Wheezing, cyanosis, crackles | Fever | Interstitial | None | N | 29 | 28 | ||
| AT-166 | Hypoventilation | Fever, arthralgias | Interstitial | None | N | 1 | 2 |
CAP community-acquired pneumonia, BMN bronchopneumonia, PICU paediatric intensive care unit, Y yes, N no, DX dicloxacillin, CXM cefuroxime, CLR clarithromycin, CEC cefaclor, SXT trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, AM ampicillin, CFM cefixime, AMX amoxicillin, AMC amoxicillin-clavulanate, CN cephalexin, LHS length hospital stay.