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Table 2 Disease categories

From: Clinical relevance of procalcitonin and C-reactive protein as infection markers in renal impairment: a cross-sectional study

Disease category

Number (%)

Disease categories in patients with infection

 

Urinary tract infection

69 (26.6)

Intra-abdominal infection

44 (17.0)

Pneumonia

39 (15.1)

Peritonitis

29 (11.2)

Bacteremia with unknown focus

27 (10.4)

Skin and soft tissue infection

26 (10.0)

Vascular infection

13 (5.0)

Catheter related infection

8 (3.1)

Others

4 (1.5)

Total

259 (100)

Disease categories in patients without infection

Cardiovascular disease (atrial fibrillation, myocardial infarction, heart failure)

61 (26.1)

Renal disease (rhabdomyolysis, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura-hemolytic uremic syndrome)

35 (15.0)

Gastroenterohepatic disease (gastrointestinal bleeding, toxic hepatitis)

34 (14.5)

Hemato-oncologic disease (lymphoma B symptom, sarcoidosis)

30 (12.8)

Respiratory disease (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, interstitial lung disease)

19 (8.1)

Rheumatologic disease (gout, adult onset Still's disease)

15 (6.4)

Neuropsychiatric disease (cerebral infarction, intracranial hemorrhage)

13 (5.6)

Endocrinological disease (adrenal insufficiency, hypoglycemia, diabetic ketoacidosis)

8 (3.4)

Musculoskeletal disease (fractures)

4 (1.7)

Others (drug fever, pain shock)

15 (6.4)

Total

234 (100)