Table 2.
Analyses of potential correlations between parameters (qPCRgyrALp assay, qPCRmip assay, antibiotic treatment, duration of stay at hospital and ICU, death) for all 82 patients of the cohort.
| qPCR gyrALp | Patients (n = 82) | qPCRmip |
Legionellosis treatmenta |
Hospital stay (mean days +/− SD) | ICU admission (n) | Death (n) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | FQ only (n) | FQ + MC (n) | |||||
| Positive | 62 | 58 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 18.1 +/− 16.1 | 21 | 5 |
| Negative | 20 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 14.3 +/− 11.7 | 2 | 0 |
| p < 0.001† | 0.004† | 0.23††† | 0.07†† | 0.32† | ||||
All numbers correspond to patients.
a
FQ: fluoroquinolone; MC: macrolide.
†
Fisher exact tests were performed.
††
Chi2 tests with Yates correction were performed.
†††
t tests were performed.