Elixhauser comorbidity method in predicting death of Spanish inpatients with asplenia and pneumococcal pneumonia

Abstract Background Pneumococcal pneumonia (PP) is a serious infection caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus), with a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations. The aim of this study was to analyze the comorbidity factors that influenced the mortality in patients with asplenia according to...

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Published in:BMC Infectious Diseases
Main Authors: Enrique Gea-Izquierdo, Rossana Ruiz-Urbaez, Valentín Hernández-Barrera, Michael Stich, Ángel Gil-de-Miguel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-06-01
Subjects:
Asplenia
Pneumococcal disease
Elixhauser Comorbidity Index
Spain
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-09517-4

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-09517-4

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