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. 2016 Apr 13;12:8–17. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2016.03.009

Table 4.

Unfavourable clinical outcome and prognostic factors of 93 cases of streptococcal osteoarticular infections

Patient characteristic Odds ratio 95% confidence interval
p
Upper Lower
Male sex 3.25 0.450
Comorbidities and risk factors
 Tobacco use 0.62 0.750
 Alcoholism 2.96 0.238
 Chronic liver disease 2.65 0.189
 Peripheral neuropathy 5.25 1.56 17.71 0.009
 Peripheral arterial disease 4.55 1.39 14.93 0.019
 Diabetes mellitus 4.07 1.23 13.49 0.031
 Malignancy 0.40 0.683
 Immunodeficiency 0.64 1.000
 Inflammatory rheumatism 1.36 0.584
 Pneumonia 5.69 0.291
 Chronic wound 2.55 0.147
 Open fracture 0.75 1.000
 Closed fracture 1.36 0.733
 Orthopaedic device 1.01 1.000
 Prosthetic joint 0.114
Type of infection
 Arthritis 0.201
 Osteitis without orthopaedic device 3.75 1.08 13.06 0.041
 Vertebral osteomyelitis 0.88 1.000
 Prosthetic joint infection 0.114
 Osteosynthesis device infection 1.19 0.726
 Vertebral osteosynthesis device infection 1.000
Localization of infection
 Sternoclavicular 1.000
 Shoulder 1.000
 Wrist 1.000
 Hand 1.000
 Vertebra 0.56 1.000
 Pelvis 1.000
 Hip 0.64 1.000
 Femur 0.157
 Knee 0.115
 Tibia 2.60 0.223
 Ankle 0.75 1.000
 Foot 1.70 0.371
 Multiple localization 0.584
Streptococcus species
 acidominimus 1.000
 agalactiae 1.12 1.000
 anginosus 0.344
 constellatus 1.62 0.628
 dysgalactiae 5.40 1.41 20.65 0.020
 equinus 1.000
 intermedius 1.000
 massiliensis 1.000
 mitis 0.88 1.000
 oralis 1.85 0.502
 pneumoniae 0.344
 pyogenes 1.000
 salivarius 1.000
 sanguinis 1.000
Polymicrobial infection 2.44 0.238
Antibiotic
 Amoxicillin 0.84 0.774
 Third-generation cephalosporin 1.01 1.000
 Ticarcillin–clavulanate 0.50 1.000
 Piperacillin–tazobactam 0.73 1.000
 Imipenem–cilastatin 1.000
 Rifampicin 0.99 1.000
 Doxycycline 5.69 0.291
 Aminoglycoside 0.64 1.000
 Clindamycin 2.76 0.101
 Fluoroquinolones 2.05 0.305
 Cotrimoxazole 2.42 0.167
 Vancomycin and teicoplanin 0.115
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy 0.73 1.000
Surgical treatment 0.201