30-day hospital mortality according to microbial aetiology
| Streptococcus pneumoniae | 23/249 (9.2) |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae multiresistant# | 0/5 (0) |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 6/16 (37.5) |
| MRSA# | 5/14 (35.7) |
| MSSA | 1/2 (50.0) |
| Escherichia coli | 2/9 (22.2) |
| Escherichia coli BL producers# | 1/6 (16.7) |
| Haemophilus influenzae | 1/7 (14.3) |
| Enterobacter sp. | 0/4 (0) |
| Enterobacter sp. beta-lactamase producers# | 0/1 (0) |
| Klebsiella pneumonia | 1/4 (25.0) |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae beta-lactamase producers# | 1/2 (50.0) |
| Acinetobacter baumannii | 0/2 (0) |
| Proteus sp. | 0/2 (0) |
| Proteus spp. beta-lactamase producers# | 0/1 (0) |
| Moraxella catarrhalis | 0/1 (0) |
| Peptostreptococcus sp. | 0/1 (0) |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa# | 0/1 (0) |
| Streptococcus pyogenes | 0/1 (0) |
| Total | 33/297 (11.1)) |
Data are presented as n/N (%), where n=number of patients who died and N=total number of patients. MRSA: methicillin-resistant S. aureus; MSSA: methicillin-sensitive S. aureus. #: antibiotic-resistant pathogen bacteraemia (7/30 (23.3%)).