Table 2 First signs and symptoms of non-severe and severe Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis bacteremia during the study period from August 2015 to July 2018, Pirkanmaa HDa (N = 217). Unadjusted and multivariable-adjusted logistic regression analyses were performed. All variables listed in the table, were included in multivariable-adjusted model. Age and gender were included as covariates in multivariable-adjusted model. Results were shown using odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI)
Admission to ICUb and/or death | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non-severe disease n = 195 | Severe disease n = 22 | Unadjusted | Multivariable-adjusted | |||||
n | (% of patients) | n | (%) | OR | (95% CI) | OR | (95% CI) | |
Level of consciousness | ||||||||
Normal | 164 | (84) | 13 | (59) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
Confusion | 30 | (15) | 6 | (27) | 2.5 | (0.9–7.2) | 2.4 | (0.7–8.2) |
Unconsciousness | 1 | (0.5) | 3 | (14) | 38 | (3.7–390) | 23 | (1.9–271) |
Fever | ||||||||
No | 9 | (4.6) | 4 | (18) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
Yes | 186 | (95) | 18 | (82) | 0.2 | (0.06–0.8) | 0.2 | (0.03-1.0) |
Nausea | ||||||||
No | 152 | (78) | 19 | (86) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
Yes | 43 | (22) | 3 | (14) | 0.6 | (0.2-2.0) | 0.7 | (0.1-3.0) |
Falling | ||||||||
No | 173 | (89) | 13 | (59) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
Yes | 22 | (11) | 9 | (41) | 5.4 | (2.1–14) | 3.8 | (1.1–13) |
Dyspnea | ||||||||
No | 155 | (79) | 10 | (45) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
Yes | 40 | (21) | 12 | (55) | 4.7 | (1.9–12) | 5.4 | (1.7–17) |
Cough | ||||||||
No | 184 | (94) | 19 | (86) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
Yes | 11 | (5.6) | 3 | (14) | 2.6 | (0.7–10) | 2.6 | (0.5–14) |
Pain | ||||||||
No | 124 | (64) | 16 | (73) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
Yes | 71 | (36) | 6 | (27) | 0.7 | (0.2–1.7) | 0.9 | (0.3–3.3) |
Deterioration of general state | ||||||||
No | 96 | (49) | 2 | (9.1) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
Yes | 99 | (51) | 20 | (91) | 9.7 | (2.2–43) | 4.6 | (0.9–24) |