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Table 4 Risk factors for complicated course in patients with severe CAP: multivariate analysis exploring the 91 patients with either bacterial or mixed viral-bacterial infection

From: Viral-bacterial coinfection affects the presentation and alters the prognosis of severe community-acquired pneumonia

Variables

OR

95 % CI

p value

Microbiological diagnosis

   

 Bacterial pneumonia

Ref

 

 Mixed pneumonia

3.56

1.24–10.18

0.02

Coronary artery disease

2.59

0.60–11.19

0.20

Shock on ICU admission

5.63

1.53–20.73

0.009

Lactate dehydrogenase > 245 U/L

5.16

1.49–17.90

0.01

PSI class IV-V at hospital referral

2.69

0.76–9.51

0.13

  1. CAP community-acquired pneumonia, ICU intensive care unit, Ref reference, OR odds ratio, PSI Pneumonia Severity Index, 95 % CI 95 % confidence interval