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. 2012 Nov 21;141(11):2256–2268. doi: 10.1017/S0950268812002518

Table 5.

Comparison of demographical characteristic and case-fatality ratio by main aetiological agent and unknown causes between the prospective study and the PMSI in France, 2007

Aetiological agent … Herpes simplex virus Varicella-zoster virus Mycobacterium tuberculosis Listeria monocytogenes Non-specified causes
Data origin … Prospective study (n = 55) PMSI (n = 320) P value Prospective study (n = 20) PMSI (n = 146) P value Prospective study (n = 20) PMSI (n = 30) P value Prospective study (n = 13) PMSI (n = 31) P value Prospective study (n = 122) PMSI (n = 1049) P value
Age, mean  years (±s.d.) 56 (±17) 58 (±20) 0·3 55 (±31) 49 (±34) 0·4 53 (±21) 54 (±21) 0·8 70 (±12) 57 (±20) 0·03 46 (±24) 45 (±26) 0·7
Women, n (%) 31 (56) 170 (53) 0·77 15 (75) 88 (60) 0·23 12 (60) 16 (53) 0·77 9 (69) 17 (55) 0·51 71 (58) 546 (52) 0·212
Length of stay,  mean days  (±s.d.) 34 (±23) 28 (±26) 0·005 26 (±17) 22 (±32) 0·01 45 (±31) 39 (±28) 0·5 28 (±24) 27 (±22) 0·8 28 (±29) 18 (±19) <0·001
Mortality,  n (%) 3 (5) 36 (11) 0·1 3 (15) 13 (1) 0·4 6 (30) 4 (13) 0·1 6 (46) 5 (16) 0·03 6 (5) 96 (9) 0·1

PMSI, Programme de Médicalisation des Systèmes d'Information (French national hospital discharge database).