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Table 2 Indicators for healthy and well-functioning hospitalized patients with pneumococcal pneumonia

From: Age-related differences in management and outcomes in hospitalized healthy and well-functioning bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia patients: a cohort study

Process of care

Age < 65 years

(N = 132)

Age ≥ 65 years

(N = 71)

P value

Prior antibiotic treatment

8 (6.1)

9 (12.6)

0.104

Antibiotic within 4 h

88 (71.5)

46 (69.7)

0.789

Antibiotic within 8 h

115 (93.5)

59 (89.3)

0.320

Appropriate antibiotic

96 (72.7)

51 (71.8)

0.891

Length of antimicrobial treatment, days, mean (SD)

15.71 (7.3)

13.61 (9.12)

0.022

Antibiotic treatment

0.364

 Beta-lactam

21 (15.9)

17 (23.9)

 

 Fluorquinolones

95 (71.9)

47 (66.2)

 

 Others

16 (12.1)

7 (9.8)

 

Combination therapy including a macrolide

0 (0)

4 (5.6)

0.017

Treatment failure

16 (12.3)

12 (17.1)

0.347

  1. Data are given as frequency (percentage) unless otherwise stated. Percentages exclude patients with missing data
  2. SD Standard deviation