Table 1.
The clinical and demographic characteristics of patients
| Gender, n (%) | |
| Female | 9 (27.3%) |
| Male | 24 (72.7%) |
| Mean age (years) | 8.1 ± 6.2 |
| Diagnosisa, n (%) | |
| Pneumonia | 28 (84.8) |
| Heart failure | 10 (30.3) |
| Sepsis | 7 (21.2) |
| Septic shock | 2 (6.1) |
| Other | 6 (18.8) |
| Co-morbid conditions, n (%) | |
| Neurometabolic disease | 4 (12.1) |
| Spinal muscular atrophy | 3 (9.1) |
| Congenital heart disease | 2 (6.1) |
| Sandhoff disease | 1 (3) |
| Cerebral palsy | 1 (3) |
| Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis | 1 (3) |
| Sample, n (%)b | |
| Respiratory tract specimens | 29 (63.1) |
| Blood | 12 (26.1) |
| Pus from wounds | 3 (6.5) |
| Urine | 2 (4.3) |
| Indications for culturea, n (%) | |
| Clinical deterioration | 29 (87.8) |
| Fever | 11 (33.3) |
| Inflamation at wound | 1 (3.1) |
| Clinical Outcome, n (%) | |
| Recovery | 32 (96.9) |
| Exitus | 1 (3.1) |
aSome patients had more than one
bSome patients had more than one sample