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Volume 21, Number 2—February 2015
CME ACTIVITY - Research

pH Level as a Marker for Predicting Death among Patients with Vibrio vulnificus Infection, South Korea, 2000–2011

Na Ra Yun, Dong-Min KimComments to Author , Jun Lee, and Mi Ah Han
Author affiliations: Chosun University School of Medicine, Gwangju, South Korea

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Table 1

Demographic and clinical features for 34 patients in a study looking for predictors of death among persons with Vibrio vulnificus infection, South Korea, 2000–2011*

Variable Nonsurvivors, n = 16† Survivors, n = 18† p value
Sex 0.346
M 15 (93.8) 15 (83.3)
F
1 (6.3)
3 (16.7)

Age, y
58 (43–74)
57 (45–67)
0.740
Interval, d, between symptom onset and hospital admission
3 (1–5)
3 (0–7)
0.304
Route of exposure
Consumption of seafood 11 (69) 14 (78) 0.565
Wound exposure to seawater 3 (19) 2 (11) 0.723
Unknown
2 (12)
2 (22)
0.632
Underlying condition
Chronic liver disease 15 (94) 17 (94) 0.872
Chronic alcoholism 13 (81) 14 (78) 0.803
Hepatitis B virus infection 2 (13) 3 (17) 0.732
Hepatitis C virus infection
0
0
NA
Signs and symptoms at hospital admission
Any gastrointestinal symptom 7 (54.8) 5 (27.8) 0.331
Any skin and soft tissue lesion
12 (75.0)
15 (83.3)
0.549
Bacteremia present
10 (63)
8 (44)
0.292
Surgery performed
7 (44)
8 (44)
0.967
Appropriate antimicrobial drug treatment received 13 (81) 14 (78) 0.810

*NA, not applicable.
†Except for age, data are numbers (%) or medians (range).

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