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. 2012 May 22;7(5):e36832. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036832

Table 5. Impact of concomitant tuberculosis in treatment outcome of HCAP and CAP patientsa.

CAP patients, n = 934 P value HCAP patients, n = 701 P value
With TB, n = 25 Without TB, n = 909 With TB, n = 21 Without TB, n = 680
Organs dysfunction within 48 hours
Respiratory failure 3 (12%) 115 (12.7%) 0.92 10 (47.6%) 154 (22.6%) 0.008
Septic shock 4 (16%) 91 (10%) 0.33 5 (23.8%) 135 (19.9%) 0.66
Altered mental status 4 (16%) 66 (7.3%) 0.10 6 (28.6%) 145 (21.3%) 0.43
Renal dysfunction 2 (8%) 67 (7.4%) 0.91 1 (4.8%) 104 (15.3%) 0.18
Liver dysfunction 0 1 (0.1%) 1.00 0 3 (0.4%) 0.76
Coagulopathy 0 6 (0.7%) 1.00 1 (4.8%) 13 (1.9%) 0.36
Thrombocytopenia 2 (8%) 26 (2.9%) 0.14 1 (4.8%) 50 (7.4%) 0.65
ICU admission 11 (44%) 179 (19.7%) 0.003 13 (61.9%) 243 (35.7%) 0.014
Length of hospital stay (SD)
All patients 32.0 (27.4) 19.0 (20.3) 0.002 39.6 (34.1) 23.7 (27.0) 0.009
Survivors 24.5 (17.9) 18.4 (19.7) 0.19 46.2 (42.6) 23.1 (23.9) 0.002
Non-survivors 56.1 (39.3) 23.4 (24.4) 0.003 32.4 (21.4) 25.7 (34.6) 0.54
28 days hospital free day (SD) 7.2 (8.9) 11.9 (8.8) 0.008 4.2 (7.5) 7.8 (8.5) 0.039
Mean Numbers of antibiotics used (SD) 1.74 (0.69) 1.61 (0.75) 0.41 1.29 (0.46) 1.37 (0.62) 0.52
Long-term ventilator dependent 1 (4%) 18 (2%) 0.48 1 (4.8%) 32 (4.7%) 0.99
Mortality
30-day mortality 2 (8%) 73 (8%) 1.00 4 (19%) 133 (19.6%) 0.95
60-day mortality 3 (12%) 99 (10.9%) 0.86 7 (33.3%) 166 (24.4%) 0.35
In-hospital mortality 6 (24%) 106 (11.7%) 0.06 10 (47.6%) 179 (26.3%) 0.030
a

The data are presented as n (%)unless otherwise stated.

HCAP, healthcare-associated pneumonia; CAP, community acquired pneumonia; TB, tuberculosis; SD, standard deviation; ICU, intensive care unit.