The upper respiratory tract microbiome of hospitalised patients with community-acquired pneumonia of unknown aetiology: a pilot study

Table 1 Baseline patient characteristics and clinical outcomes of hospitalised patients with community-acquired pneumonia with unknown aetiology

Case number	Age (years)	Sex	Days with symptoms prior to admission	PSI risk class	Admission location	Days to clinical stability^a	In-hospital outcome	Days in hospital	One-year outcome
1	46	Female	7	IV	ICU	1	Alive	2	Alive
2	69	Male	Unspecified	IV	Ward	4	Alive	6	Alive
3	35	Male	10	IV	ICU	8	Alive	20	Dead
4	60	Male	3	IV	Ward	2	Alive	2	Alive
5	80	Female	3	IV	Ward	2	Alive	2	Alive
6	67	Female	1	V	ICU	8	Alive	9	Alive
7	91	Male	1	I	Ward	2	Alive	5	Alive
8	62	Male	4	I	ICU	3	Alive	5	Dead
9	64	Male	10	IV	ICU	1	Alive	2	Alive
10	60	Male	8	IV	Ward	2	Alive	3	Alive

PSI, Pneumonia Severity Index; ICU, intensive care unit
^aTime to clinical stability was defined as the day when the patient met the following criteria: 1) normal or improved symptoms of pneumonia (cough and shortness of breath), 2) lack of fever for at least 8h (<37.8°C), 3) white blood cell count normal or improving (decrease of >10% from baseline), and 4) oral intake considered adequate by the treating physician

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