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 |
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#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