Table 1.
Characteristics of COPD patients with pneumococcal infections
| IPD
|
non-BPP
|
AE-COPD
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | Number of isolates | % | Number of isolates | % | Number of isolates | |
| Total | 57 | 16.5 | 78 | 22.60 | 210 | 60.9 |
| Sex (male) | 37 | 64.9 | 68 | 87.18 | 190 | 90.5 |
| Age (median) | 69 | 73 | 73 | |||
| COPD GOLD status | ||||||
| GOLD I | 8 | 14.0 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 4.3 |
| GOLD II | 16 | 28.1 | 27 | 34.6 | 47 | 22.4 |
| GOLD III | 13 | 22.8 | 29 | 37.2 | 69 | 32.9 |
| GOLD IV | 2 | 3.5 | 8 | 10.2 | 49 | 23.3 |
| Not available | 18 | 31.6 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 17.1 |
Abbreviations: AE-COPD, acute exacerbation of COPD; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; GOLD, Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease; IPD, invasive pneumococcal disease; non-BPP, non-bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia.