Table 1. Demographic characteristics of enrolled cases by laboratory confirmation status.
| Total, n = 304 | Laboratory confirmed by MAT/culture/LAMP | Laboratory confirmed by LAMP/LigA | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confirmed, n = 167 | Not confirmed, n = 137 | p value | Confirmed, n = 192 | Not confirmed, n = 112 | p value | |||||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |||
| Male gender | 270/303 | 89 | 158/167 | 95 | 112/137 | 82 | <0.01* | 178/192 | 93 | 92/111 | 83 | <0.01* |
| Age (median, years old) | 28 | NA | 28 | NA | 28 | NA | 0.55 | 28 | NA | 29 | NA | 0.54 |
| Resident in Metro Manila | 195/231 | 84 | 101/127 | 80 | 94/104 | 90 | 0.02* | 119/145 | 82 | 76/86 | 88 | 0.14 |
| Pre-hospital antibiotics used | 78/219 | 36 | 40/127 | 31 | 38/92 | 41 | 0.09 | 44/140 | 31 | 34/79 | 43 | 0.06 |
* Statistically significant; p<0.05.