title: [Pneumococcal septicemia: 145 cases (author's transl)].
abstract: Over a six year period, 145 pneumococcal septicemias were seen at the Tourcoing Hospital. This represents 0.39% of all hospitalized patients and 19.8% of all septicemias seen over the same period. A mortality rate of 38.6% was recorded. Prognostic factors were analyzed. The mortality rate was significantly higher in women (46.5%), in patients admitted for a reason unrelated to the septicemia (50.8%), and in patients with septic shock (81.5%) which was frequent (22.8%). An underlying poor general condition was present in 88.2% of the patients. This confirms the high risk of pneumococcal infections in some patients who should be protected by vaccination.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011379:Prognosis; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*
vernacular_title: A propos de cent quarantecing cas de pneumococcémie.