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Table 2 Clinical characteristics of patients with NTS bacteraemia

From: Non-typhoidal Salmonella bacteraemia: Epidemiology, clinical characteristics and its' association with severe immunosuppression

Characteristics

No of cases (n = 55)

%

Underlying condition

  

Severe immunosuppressive conditions *

36

65.5

Malignancy

13

23.6

Solid†

9

 

Haematological‡

4

 

AIDS

11

20.0

SLE

6

10.9

Hypogammmaglobulinaemia

2

3.6

Immunosuppressives

15

27.3

Atherosclerotic conditions *

8

14.5

Hypertension

3

5.5

Diabetes mellitus

4

7.3

Ischaemic heart disease

2

3.6

Stroke

2

3.6

Liver cirrhosis§

4

7.3

Renal disease

4

7.3

Others¶

2

3.6

Sites of infection

  

Blood only

38

69.1

   EFI**

17

30.9

   Lung

4

7.3

   Soft tissue

4

7.3

   Bone and joint

3

5.5

   Meningitis

3

5.5

   Mycotic aneurysm

3

5.5

   Urinary tract

2

3.6

   Peritonitis

1

1.8

  1. * A patient may have more than one conditions under these categories (severe immunosuppressive or atherosclerotic categories), therefore the total number of conditions may not tally with the main category
  2. **A patient may have more than one EFIs
  3. †Includes carcinoma rectum, pancreas, stomach, colon, liver, brain glioma, yolk sac tumor of lung, osteosarcoma, lymphoma
  4. ‡ Includes acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (n = 3), acute myeloid leukaemia (n = 1)
  5. §Includes Hepatitis B (n = 2) alcoholic liver cirrhosis (n = 1), Hepatitis C (n = 1)
  6. ¶Includes travel from Pakistan (n = 1), Thalassaemia (n = 1)