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Characteristics of Plesiomonas septicemia reported in the literature
| Characteristic | Value reported in study |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lee et al., 1996 (137) | Stock, 2004 (29) | Woo et al., 2005 (108) | |
| No. of cases reported | 21 | 24 | 38a |
| Mean age (yrs) | 22.7 | 28.8 | 38.4 |
| Age range | 1 day to 68 yrs | 2 days to 68 yrs | 1 day to 94 yrs |
| Male:female ratio | 2:1 | 2.7:1 | 1.8:1 |
| Immunocompromised (%) | 81 | 88 | 82 |
| Mortality rate (%) | 62 | 50 | 42 |
| Reference | 137 | 29 | 108 |
Includes 31 cases in the literature and 7 new cases described by the authors.
