Clinical comparison of Chlamydia pneumoniae pneumonia and bacteraemic Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia patients
| C. pneumoniae | S. pneumoniae | p‐value | |
| Male sex | 24 (57.1) | 31 (54.4) | ns |
| Age yrs | 67.4±15.7 | 55.6±19.1 | 0.001 |
| Pulse rate beats·min−1 | 97.3±22.2 | 108.4±22.1 | 0.016 |
| WBCs 109 cells·L−1 | 13.6±5.5 | 17.4±8.6 | 0.011 |
| PMNs % | 82.7±16.3 | 66.1±28.9 | 0.003 |
| P a,CO2 | 37.0±6.6 | 33.3±7.2 | 0.034 |
| Mortality % | 2 (4.9) | 3 (5.4) | ns |
Data are presented as n (%) or mean±sd
WBC: white blood cell
PMN: polymorphonuclear neutrophil
Pa,CO2: arterial carbon dioxide tension
ns: nonsignificant