Table 1 Patient demographics and culture source of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates collected during the PROTEKT US study Years 1–4 (2000–2004)
No. of isolates (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Year 1 (n = 10,103) | Year 2 (n = 10,012) | Year 3 (n = 10,886) | Year 4 (n = 8,494) | |
Age (years) | ||||
0–2 | 1,822 (18.0) | 1,556 (15.5) | 1,587 (14.6) | 1,213 (14.3) |
3–14 | 1,105 (11.0) | 1,125 (11.2) | 1,324 (12.2) | 973 (11.5) |
15–64 | 4,144 (41.0) | 4,058 (40.5) | 4,617 (42.4) | 3,751 (44.2) |
> 64 | 2,761 (27.3) | 3,067 (30.6) | 3,091 (28.4) | 2,378 (28.0) |
NR | 271 (2.7) | 206 (2.1) | 267 (2.5) | 179 (2.1) |
Gender | ||||
Male | 5,735 (56.8) | 5,678 (56.7) | 6,013 (55.2) | 4,755 (56.0) |
Female | 4,252 (42.1) | 4,218 (42.1) | 4,757 (43.7) | 3,575 (42.1) |
NR | 116 (1.1) | 116 (1.2) | 116 (1.1) | 164 (1.9) |
Source* | ||||
Blood | 3,220 (31.9) | 2,717 (27.1) | 3,016 (27.7) | 2,398 (28.2) |
BAL | 968 (9.6) | 1,019 (10.2) | 1,197 (11.0) | 993 (11.7) |
Sputum | 3,736 (37.0) | 4,115 (41.1) | 4,595 (42.2) | 3,428 (40.4) |
Sinus | 388 (3.8) | 390 (3.9) | 506 (4.6) | 446 (5.3) |
Ear | 858 (8.5) | 620 (6.2) | 813 (7.5) | 556 (6.5) |
MEF | 68 (0.7) | 69 (0.7) | 91 (0.8) | 88 (1.0) |
Nasopharyngeal | 632 (6.3) | 573 (5.7) | 649 (6.0) | 540 (6.4) |
Throat | 48 (0.5) | 28 (0.3) | -- | 6 (0.1) |
Patient status | ||||
Inpatient | 4,612 (45.6) | 5,359 (53.5) | 6,068 (55.7) | 4,599 (54.1) |
Outpatient | 5,287 (52.3) | 4,349 (43.4) | 4,818 (44.3) | 3,776 (44.5) |
NR | 204 (2.0) | 304 (3.0) | -- | 119 (1.4) |