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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
4
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1985-11-19
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pubmed:abstractText |
Pneumococcal bacteremia is associated with a high morbidity and mortality, especially when leukopenia is present. To define further the possible factors associated with death in pneumococcal bacteremia, we reviewed all cases at 2 hospitals over a 1-yr period. Overall, increased mortality was associated with women (p = 0.009), nosocomial acquisition of the disease (p = 0.001), the presence of leukopenia (p = 0.00002) or thrombocytopenia (p = 0.025), shock (p = 4 X 10(-8)), and adult respiratory distress syndrome (p = 2 X 10(-7)). Leukopenic and nonleukopenic patients were compared further to ascertain factors that may predispose to leukopenia. Alcoholism was the only associated condition correlating with the presence of leukopenia (p = 0.036), and alcoholism and leukopenia occurred in a group of younger men. We conclude that the association of alcoholism, leukopenia, and pneumococcal sepsis is a distinct clinical entity seen in younger patients and is associated with a very high mortality.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Oct
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pubmed:issn |
0003-0805
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
132
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
757-60
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:4051312-Alcoholism,
pubmed-meshheading:4051312-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:4051312-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:4051312-Leukopenia,
pubmed-meshheading:4051312-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:4051312-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:4051312-Pneumococcal Infections,
pubmed-meshheading:4051312-Retrospective Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:4051312-Sepsis,
pubmed-meshheading:4051312-Sex Factors
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pubmed:year |
1985
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Alcoholism, leukopenia, and pneumococcal sepsis.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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