Table 2.
Indicators for healthy and well-functioning hospitalized patients with pneumococcal pneumonia
| Process of care | Age < 65 years (N = 132) |
Age ≥ 65 years (N = 71) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prior antibiotic treatment | 8 (6.1) | 9 (12.6) | 0.104 |
| Antibiotic within 4 h | 88 (71.5) | 46 (69.7) | 0.789 |
| Antibiotic within 8 h | 115 (93.5) | 59 (89.3) | 0.320 |
| Appropriate antibiotic | 96 (72.7) | 51 (71.8) | 0.891 |
| Length of antimicrobial treatment, days, mean (SD) | 15.71 (7.3) | 13.61 (9.12) | 0.022 |
| Antibiotic treatment | 0.364 | ||
| Beta-lactam | 21 (15.9) | 17 (23.9) | |
| Fluorquinolones | 95 (71.9) | 47 (66.2) | |
| Others | 16 (12.1) | 7 (9.8) | |
| Combination therapy including a macrolide | 0 (0) | 4 (5.6) | 0.017 |
| Treatment failure | 16 (12.3) | 12 (17.1) | 0.347 |
Data are given as frequency (percentage) unless otherwise stated. Percentages exclude patients with missing data
SD Standard deviation