Bacterial pneumonia
(n=98) |
Tuberculosis
(n=52) |
p value |
| Demographiccharacteristics |
|
|
| Age,yr68 (18-88) |
46 (18-82) |
<0.001* |
| Sex,male/female36 /21 |
18 /12 |
0.77† |
| Historyoftuberculosis14 (24.6) |
6(20.0) |
0.63† |
| Symptoms |
|
|
| Cough62 (63.2) |
48 (93.0) |
0.10† |
| Sputum48 (84.2) |
22 (73.3) |
0.22† |
| Fever52 (91.2) |
15 (50.0) |
<0.001† |
| Dyspnea34 (59.6) |
12 (40.0) |
0.08† |
| Nightsweats0(0) |
7(23.3) |
<0.001‡ |
| Weightloss1(1.8) |
8(26.7) |
0.001‡ |
| Chestpain11 (19.3) |
9(30.0) |
0.30† |
| Laboratory test |
|
|
| Whitebloodcell,×103/µL15.21(2.30-39.92) |
8.38(5.07-22.99) |
<0.001 |
| Neutrophils,×103/µL11.06(1.70-37.92) |
5.85(3.07-20.23) |
<0.001* |
| Monocyte, µL503 (0-1210) |
535 (253-5009) |
0.053* |
| Procalcitonin,ng/mL0.528(0.013-27.754) |
0.042(0.01-0.873) |
<0.001* |
| Upperlobe dominance18 (28.1) |
23 (76.7) |
<0.001† |
| Cavitarylesion0(0) |
11 (36.7) |
<0.001‡ |
| Effusion11 (19.3) |
9(30.0) |
0.26† |
| PORTscore94 (18-187) |
76.4(10-126) |
<0.001* |
| Valuesare presented as number(%) ormedian(range). |
|
|
| PORT,PneumoniaPatientOutcomesResearch Team. |
|
|
| *Mann-WhitneyU-test. |
|
|
†Pearsonχ2test.
‡Fisher’sexacttest. |
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