Table 1
Characteristics of the 27 study patients with pneumonia and positive urinary antigen test
| Sex | Age (years) | Diagnosis at admission | Main underlying diseases | Stay in ICU/FO | Delay between A and T* | Delay between T and R* | Delay between R and ST†* | Delay between R and NST* | Nosocomial legionellosis | Impact‡ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Measured in days; †negative values indicate that the patient had already been treated empirically with anti-legionella antibiotics; ‡impact of urinary antigen test on start of legionella treatment/stop of non-legionella treatment. | |||||||||||
| CD, cerebrovascular disease; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; FO, fatal outcome; GS, Goodpasture’s syndrome; NST, stopping of non-specific treatment; PC, pseudomembranous colitis; R, result; ST start of specific treatment; T, test; WG, Wegener’s granulomatosis. | |||||||||||
| 1 | Female | 60 | Fulminant hepatitis | Diabetes | Yes/Yes | 11 | 1 | NA | NA | Definite | No/No |
| 2 | Male | 50 | Pneumonia | None | Yes/No | 4 | 1 | −5 | 0 | No | No/Yes |
| 3 | Male | 59 | Pneumonia | Thrombosis | No/No | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | No | Yes/No |
| 4 | Female | 30 | Fever/neutropenia | HD | No/No | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | No | Yes/No |
| 5 | Female | 37 | Pneumonia | AIDS, HCV | No/No | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | No | Yes/No |
| 6 | Female | 46 | Pneumonia | Alcoholism | No/No | 3 | 1 | −3 | 0 | No | No/Yes |
| 7 | Male | 60 | Pneumonia | Stroke, hypertension | No/No | 4 | 2 | −5 | 0 | No | No/Yes |
| 8 | Male | 47 | Pneumonia | None | Yes/No | 2 | 0 | −2 | 1 | No | No/Yes |
| 9 | Female | 3 | Fallot’s tetralogy | Fallot’s tetralogy, PC | Yes/No | 20 | 2 | −2 | 2 | Definite | No/No |
| 10 | Female | 82 | Myocardial infarct | Heart disease, WG | Yes/No | 12 | 3 | −3 | −3 | Definite | No/No |
| 11 | Female | 78 | Pneumonia | Hypertension | Yes/No | 1 | 2 | −2 | 0 | No | No/Yes |
| 12 | Female | 43 | Pneumonia | None | No/No | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | Yes/Yes |
| 13 | Male | 39 | Pneumonia | Pneumothorax | Yes/No | 1 | 5 | −5 | 2 | No | No/No |
| 14 | Male | 75 | Pneumonia | CD | Yes/Yes | 37 | 2 | 0 | 12 | Definite | Yes/No |
| 15 | Male | 61 | Pneumonia | Hypertension | Yes/No | 1 | 2 | −2 | 1 | No | No/Yes |
| 16 | Female | 67 | Pneumonia | Rheumatoid polyarthritis | No/No | 3 | 0 | −1 | 0 | No | No/Yes |
| 17 | Female | 63 | Pneumonia | COPD | Yes/No | 0 | 4 | −3 | −4 | No | No/No |
| 18 | Male | 39 | Pneumonia | AIDS | No/No | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 | No | No/Yes |
| 19 | Male | 58 | Renal Insufficiency | GS, renal transplantation | Yes/No | 18 | 5 | −7 | 5 | No (infection during home leave)10 | No/No |
| 20 | Male | 78 | Diverticulitis | Asthma | Yes/No | 2 | 1 | −1 | −3 | No | No/No |
| 21 | Male | 74 | Pneumonia | Cardiac failure | No/No | 2 | 1 | 0 | −2 | No | Yes/No |
| 22 | Male | 55 | Pneumonia | Alcoholism | Yes/No | 2 | 0 | −2 | 3 | No | No/No |
| 23 | Male | 51 | Pneumonia | Hypercholesterolaemia | No/No | 2 | 2 | −4 | 0 | No | No/Yes |
| 24 | Female | 75 | Pneumonia | COPD | Yes/No | 0 | 1 | −1 | 13 | No | No/No |
| 25 | Female | 63 | Pneumonia | Hypertension | No/No | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | Yes/Yes |
| 26 | Male | 79 | Pneumonia | Prostatic carcinoma | Yes/Yes | 1 | 5 | −6 | 2 | No | No/No |
| 27 | Male | 60 | Pneumonia | Alcoholism | No/No | 0 | 6 | −3 | 0 | No | No/Yes |
