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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) or community-acquired pneumonia with parapneumonic empyema (CAP + PPE)
| CAP | CAP + PPE | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characterisics | n a | % | n | % | |
| Overall | 24 | 46 | 28 | 54 | |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 18 | 75 | 12 | 43 | 0.025 |
| Age | |||||
| 3–23 months | 6 | 25 | 6 | 21 | 1 |
| 24–59 months | 12 | 50 | 10 | 36 | 0.4 |
| 5–14 years | 6 | 25 | 12 | 43 | 0.24 |
| Vaccinated with | |||||
| PCV-7b | 8 | 33 | 15 | 54 | 0.17 |
| Hib | 1 | 88 | 24 | 86 | 1 |
| Therapy before admission | |||||
| NSAIDc | 16 | 67 | 22 | 79 | 0.4 |
| Antibiotic | 7 | 29 | 15 | 54 | 0.09 |
| Median duration of hospitalisation (days) | 3 | 15 | < 0.01 | ||
| Number of patients treated by oxygen therapy | 4 | 17 | 22 | 79 | < 0.001 |
| Median duration of symptoms before admission (days) | 3 | 7 | 0.0065 | ||
