Clinical Features and Risk Factors for Mortality in Hospitalized Older Adults with Pneumonia

Table 5

Distribution of pathogens in pneumococcal vaccinated and unvaccinated patients.

	Vaccinated	Unvaccinated	value
	n = 38 (%)	n = 55 (%)
No. of patients who underwent the test to identify pathogens
Sputum culture	34 (89.5)	51 (92.7)	0.58
Pneumococcal urinary antigen positive	34 (89.5)	52 (94.6)	0.36
Isolated bacteria
Streptococcus pneumoniae	7 (18.4)	19 (34.6)	0.09
Haemophilus influenza	3 (7.9)	6 (10.9)	0.63
Klebsiella pneumonia	3 (7.9)	4 (7.3)	0.91
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	9 (23.7)	7 (12.7)	0.17
MRSA	2 (5.3)	2 (3.6)	0.70
Normal flora	9 (23.7)	16 (29.1)	0.56

MRSA: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.Includes pneumococcal urinary antigen positive.