Postpartum Invasive Group A Streptococcal Disease in the Modern Era : Table 2

]>Postpartum Invasive Group A Streptococcal Disease in the Modern Era : Table 2

Table 2: Clinical and demographic characteristics of women discharged in 2001 in Florida with ICD-9-CM codes^* indicating the occurrence of a postpartum invasive group A streptococcal infection.


Case	Age (years)	Race and Hispanic ethnicity	Type of admission	Principal diagnosis	Selected secondary diagnoses	Principal procedure	Length of stay (days)	Outcome

A	36	Black Non-Hispanic	Emergent	Streptococcal septicemia	Major puerperal infection	Venous catheterization not elsewhere classified (excluding that for cardiac catheterization or renal dialysis)	9	Survived
					Acute posthemorrhagic anemia
					Pneumonia, organism unspecified
					Group A streptococcal infection
					Pain in cervical spine or neck
					Joint pain (pelvic region and thigh)

B	25	White Non-Hispanic	Emergent	Major puerperal infection	Streptococcal septicemia	Aspiration curettage of uterus	3	Survived
					Retained portions of placenta or membranes, without hemorrhage
					Unspecified inflammatory disease of uterus—except cervix (e.g., endometritis)
					Group A streptococcal infection

C	19	White Non-Hispanic	Emergent	Major puerperal infection	Unspecified inflammatory disease of uterus—except cervix (e.g., endometritis)	(None listed)	3	Survived
					Group A streptococcal infection

-9-CM: International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification.