Table 3.
Characteristics of 12 death patients
| No. | Sex | Age (years) | Site of infection | Underlying diseases | Signs/symptoms | Laboratory findings | Length of hospital stay (days) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White blood cells (cells/mm3) |
Platelets (cells/mm3) |
PTT1 (seconds) |
Creatinine (mg/dL) |
|||||||
| 1 | M | 47 | Bloodstream | No | Myalgia | 8,400 | 97,000 | 34.1 | 3.2 | 1 |
| 2 | M | 47 | Bloodstream | No | Myalgia, arthralgia | 23,900 | 38,000 | 45.4 | 1.9 | 4 |
| 3 | M | 56 | Bloodstream | Chronic alcohol drinking | Myalgia, arthralgia | 7,900 | 16,000 | 51.5 | 2.5 | 1 |
| 4 | M | 66 | Bloodstream | Chronic alcohol drinking | Fever, arthralgia, myalgia | 3,800 | 47,000 | 92.3 | 1.2 | 1 |
| 5 | M | 68 | Bloodstream | No | Fever | 25,000 | 15,000 | 50.5 | 1.5 | 1 |
| 6 | M | 66 | Bloodstream and meningitis | CVA | Fever, headache, stiffness of neck | 11,900 | 103,000 | 31.4 | 1.0 | 49 |
| 7 | M | 39 | Bloodstream and meningitis | HIV | Fever, headache, stiffness of neck, altered mentation | 7,800 | 65,000 | 41.4 | 0.9 | 3 |
| 8 | M | 62 | Bloodstream and meningitis | Hematologic malignancy | Fever, headache | 12,700 | 25,000 | - | 1.1 | 48 |
| 9 | F | 50 | Arthritis | Chronic renal failure, cancer | Arthritis | 17,800 | 567,000 | 21.2 | 4.2 | 17 |
| 10 | F | 56 | Arthritis | No | Arthritis | 17,800 | 207,000 | - | 0.7 | 1 |
| 11 | F | 63 | Urinary tract | Renal stone | Fever, dyspnea | 9,340 | 14,000 | 53.4 | 2.1 | 150 |
| 122 | M | 59 | Subcutaneous abscess | Diabetes | Fever, subcutaneous abscess | 14,300 | 127,000 | 26.2 | 5.3 | 3 |
Abbreviation: PTT, partial thromboplastin time; CVA, cerebrovascular accident; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus
1 control range 24-34 seconds
2 concurrent Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection