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Table 2 Clinical evaluation committee classification of causative microorganisms in community-acquired pneumonia patients

From: A clinical evaluation committee assessment of recombinant human tissue factor pathway inhibitor (tifacogin) in patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia

 

Tifacogin

n = 251

Placebo

N = 245

Organism identified

Number (percentage)

Mortality, number (percentage)

Number (percentage)

Mortality, number (percentage)

Streptococcus pneumoniae

69 (27.5)

14 (20.3)

70 (28.6)

19 (27.1)

Staphylococcus aureus

33 (13.1)

14 (42.4)

19 (7.8)

12 (63.2)

Haemophilus influenzae

26 (10.4)

5 (19.2)

10 (4.1)

5 (50)

Other respiratory organisms

24 (9.6)

9 (37.5)

23 (9.4)

6 (26.1)

Enteric Gram-negative

20 (8.0)

6 (30)

16 (6.5)

9 (56.3)

Gram stain only

9 (3.6)

3 (33.3)

9 (3.7)

4 (44.4)

Legionella species

6 (2.4)

1 (16.7)

10 (4.1)

2 (20)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

6 (2.4)

1 (16.7)

12 (4.9)

5 (41.7)

Respiratory viruses

2 (0.8)

1 (50)

0

0

Chlamydophila pneumoniae

0

0

2 (0.8)

0

No organism identified

81 (32.3)

 

91 (37.1)