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. 2015 Dec 22;10(12):e0145447. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145447

Table 2. Description of deceased patients with pneumonia, N = 5.

ID Gender Age Signs Respiratory rate Temperature Oxygen saturation Delay from admission to death Treatments Blood, molecular detection or culture Nasal aspirate Microbiology, molecular detection Cause of death
#1 F 4 years Dyspnea, lower chest indrawing 77 cycles/min 38.4°C 86% 10 hours Amoxicillin, paracetamol, oxygen S. pneumoniae serotype 3 a S. aureus, H. influenza, Parainfluenzae 2 Severe pneumonia
#2 F 3 months Dyspnea, lower chest indrawing 47 cycles/min 39 .7°C 89% 2 days Amoxicillin, paracetamol, oxygen Negative Coronavirus HKU1 Severe pneumonia
#3 F 2 years Dyspnea, lower chest indrawing, dehydration, pallor 82 cycles/min 40.1°C 89% 12 hours Amoxicillin, gentamycin, rehydration, paracetamol, oxygen S. pneumoniae serotype 35F a S. pneumoniae serotypes 19A, 19F, 22F, 35F S. aureus, parainfluenzae 3, enterovirus Severe, acute malnutrition
#4 M 8 months Dyspnea, lower chest indrawing, 62 cycles/min 38.8°C 80% 12 hours Amoxicillin, gentamycin, parecetamol, oxygen Coagulase-negative staphylococci b S. pneumoniae serotypes 6AB, 15BC, H. influenza, RSV Severe pneumonia
#5 F 13 months Dyspnea, lower chest indrawing, pallor 60 cycles/min 38.7°C 68% 3 days Amoxicillin, paracetamol, oxygen Coagulase-negative staphylococcib S. pneumoniae serotype 7C, Bocavirus Pneumonia with moderate, acute malnutrition

Abbreviations: F, female; M, male; RSV, respiratory syncytial virus.

a By PCR

b Blood culture