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Volume 30, Number 9—September 2024
CME ACTIVITY - Research

Clinical Aspects and Disease Severity of Streptococcus dysgalactiae Subspecies equisimilis Bacteremia, Finland1

Viivi NevanlinnaComments to Author , Janne Aittoniemi, Reetta Huttunen, Tiina Luukkaala, and Sari Rantala
Author affiliations: Tampere University, Tampere, Finland (V. Nevanlinna, R. Huttunen, T. Luukkaala, S. Rantala); Tampere University Hospital, Tampere (V. Nevanlinna, R. Huttunen, T. Luukkaala, S. Rantala); Fimlab Laboratories, Tampere (J. Aittoniemi)

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Table 3

Variables included in the Pitt bacteremia score in study of clinical aspects and disease severity of Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis bacteremia, Finland*

Variable Point allocation
Hypotension† 2
Mechanical ventilation
 2
Mental status
Disoriented 1
Unconscious
 4
Body temperature, °C
35.1–36 or 39–39.9 1
<35.0 or >40.0 2

*All variables recorded at hospital admission. †Systolic blood pressure <90 mm Hg or vasopressor required.

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1Preliminary results from this study were presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases; April 27–30, 2024; Barcelona, Spain.

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