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Table 3 Age distribution of other invasive pneumococcal disease manifestations in children and adults

From: Epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal infections: manifestations, incidence and case fatality rate correlated to age, gender and risk factors

 

No. of Episodes in different age groups

Other Manifestationsa

0–1 y.

2–17 y.

18–50 y.

51–64 y.

65–101 y.

All ages

Upper respiratory tract infections (URTI)

      

- acute otitis media

6

7

18

14

18

63

- sinusitis

4b

3

18

10

5

36

- epiglottitis

0

0

3

8

4

15

- other URTI

3

3

3

4

5

18

Skin, bone, joint and soft tissue

      

- septic arthritis

1

1

4

12

38

56

- erysipelas, cellulitis, phlegmone, abscess

2

0

4

10

17

33

- osteitis

1

2

2

4

7

16

Intra abdominal

      

- peritonitis

0

0

5

6

2

13

- cholecystitis, cholangitis

0

0

0

1

6

7

- salpingitis, tubo-ovarian abscess

0

0

7

0

2

9

Endocarditis

0

0

3

7

6

16

Pericarditis

0

0

0

0

7

7

Endophtalmitis, pyelonephritis, purulent thyreoiditis

0

0

0

0

5

5

No of episodesa

15

15

66

72

111

279

  1. aIn 19 episodes, more than one manifestation other than pneumonia or meningitis was detectable
  2. bAll infants with sinusitis suffered from ethmoiditis