Clinical Characteristics, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Outcomes of Patients with Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China, 2013–2021

Table 1

Comparison of demographic and clinical characteristics between pediatric and adult IPD cases in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China, 2013–2021.

Characteristic	Age groups		value
	≤16 years (N = 51), N (%)	>16 years (N = 76), N (%)
Gender
Male	27 (52.9)	45 (59.2)	0.584
Female	24 (47.1)	31 (40.8)
Underlying disease	24 (47.1)	51 (67.1)	0.028
Pneumonia	10 (19.6)	4 (5.3)	0.019
Malignancy	3 (5.9)	11 (14.5)	0.157
Cirrhosis	0 (0)	10 (13.2)	0.006
Hypertension	0 (0)	12 (15.8)	0.002
Anemia	6 (11.76)	2 (2.63)	0.059
Brain trauma	2 (3.9)	3 (4)	>0.9999
Symptoms at presentation
Fever	48 (94.1)	56 (73.7)	0.004
Cough	21 (41.2)	13 (17.1)	0.004
Vomiting	13 (25.5)	12 (15.8)	0.255
Consciousness obstacle	9 (17.7)	15 (19.7)	0.821
Headache	5 (9.8)	17 (22.4)	0.094
Sputum	7 (13.7)	12 (15.8)	0.805
Seizures	12 (23.5)	3 (4.0)	0.001