Fig 1.
A flowchart of patient enrollment.
A total of 502 patients were initially recruited. Following the exclusion of 81 patients, 421 patients were finally included in this study. These were classified into two groups, according to whether cultures were positive or negative. The 164 culture-positive patients were further divided into two groups (single isolates or polymicrobial infection). TB = Tuberculosis, NTM = Nontuberculous mycobacterium.
Table 1.
Clinical and pleural fluid characteristics in patients with pleural infection.
Table 2.
Comparison of microbiological characteristics between community- and hospital-acquired pleural infections.
Table 3.
Comparisons of baseline and clinical characteristics according to origin of infection and culture status.
Table 4.
Comparisons of antibiotics treatment according to origin of infection and culture status.
Table 5.
Univariate analysis for risk factors of 30-day mortality in patients with pleural infection.
Table 6.
Univariate analysis for risk factors of 30-day mortality in patients with pleural infection according to origin of infection and culture positivity.
Table 7.
Multivariate analysis for risk factors of 30-day mortality in patients with pleural infection.
Table 8.
Comparison of microbiology in Asian studies.