Prevalence and Utility of Positive Pneumococcal Urinary Antigen Tests in Australian Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Table 1

Characteristics of patients admitted to hospital with community-acquired pneumonia.

Characteristic
Males, 𝑛 (%)	112 (66)
Age, yrs ± SD^†	64±18
Length of hospital stay, days ± SD^†	9±8.5
In hospital mortality, %	5.9
CURB-65 score^‡, 𝑛 (%)
0-1 (mild)	83 (49%)
2 (moderate)	39 (23%)
3–5 (severe)	48 (28%)
Prior antibiotic use, 𝑛 (%)	65 (38%)
Microbiologic testing obtained, 𝑛 (%)
Pneumococcal urine antigen test	170 (100%)
Blood culture	110 (65%)
Sputum Gram stain and culture	94 (55%)
Comorbidities, 𝑛 (%)
Current smoking	45 (26%)
Excessive ethanol	13 (7.6%)
COPD	59 (35%)
Asthma	20 (11.8%)
Immunosuppressed	28 (16.5%)
Diabetes mellitus	34 (20%)

Abbreviations—^†SD: standard deviation; ^‡CURB-65 score: pneumonia severity according to confusion, uraemia, elevated respiratory rate, low blood pressure, and age greater than or equal to 65 years.