Table 2.

Clinical chracteristics of 33 bacteraemic patients by Klebsiella pneumoniae with or without the hypermucoviscosity (HV) phenotype

Variables	HV-positive (n = 14)	HV-negative (n = 19)	P value
Fatal underlying illness	2/14 (14·3%)	13/19 (68·4%)	0·004
Focal infection	11/14 (78·6%)	5/19 (26·3%)	0·005
Urinary tract infection	4/14 (28·6%)	1/19 (5·3%)	0·138
Pneumonia	4/14 (28·6%)	3/19 (15·8%)	0·422
Biliary tract infection	0/14 (0%)	1/19 (5·3%)	0·383
Liver abscess	3/14 (21·4%)	0/19 (0%)	0·067
Mortality by infection	4/14 (28·6%)	2/19 (10·5%)	0·363
Community acquisition	12/14 (85·7%)	8/19 (42·1%)	0·015