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. 2016 May 8;63(3):300–309. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw300

Table 6.

Clinical Outcomes of Adults Hospitalized With Community-Acquired Pneumonia, by Etiology Group

Outcome Staphylococcus aureus CAP
CAP without Staphylococcus aureus
Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus (n = 15) Methicillin-Susceptible S. aureus (n = 22) All S. aureus (n = 37) Pneumococcal (n = 115) All-cause non-S. aureus (n = 2222)
Median hospital length of stay (IQR), days 9 (8, 13) 6 (4, 10) 8 (4, 11) 4 (2, 7) 3 (2, 6)
Intensive care unit admission, n (%) 13 (86.7) 10 (45.5) 23 (62.2) 40 (34.8) 459 (20.7)
Empyema, n (%) 4 (26.7) 4 (18.2) 8 (22.2) 17 (14.8) 187 (8.4)
Invasive mechanical ventilation, n (%) 5 (33.3) 4 (18.2) 9 (24.3) 14 (12.2) 108 (4.8)
Acute respiratory distress syndrome, n (%) 1 (6.7) 1 (4.5) 2 (5.4) 5 (4.3) 71 (3.2)
Septic shock with vasopressor use, n (%) 3 (20.0) 3 (13.6) 6 (16.2) 13 (11.3) 81 (3.6)
In-hospital mortality, n (%) 2 (13.3) 2 (9.1) 4 (10.8) 5 (4.4) 45 (2.0)

Abbreviations: CAP, community-acquired pneumonia; IQR, interquartile range.