Table 2 Number of cases with each infection, demographic data, syndromic information and pathological findings
From: Adrenal gland hemorrhage in patients with fatal bacterial infections
Infectious agent | No. of cases | Mean age (range) | No. of males | No. with systemic disease/ no. with antigens in adrenals | No. without systemic disease (syndrome) | Adrenal hemorrhage | Glomerular thrombi | Lung hemorrhage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Neisseria meningitidis | 18 | 14 (1–52) | 9 | 18/14 | 0 | 16 (89%) | 6/12 | 1/12 |
Group A streptococcus | 9 | 23 (0.5–59) | 6 | 8/5 | 1 (necrotizing fasciitis) | 5 (56%) | 2/4 | 0/3 |
Streptococcus pneumoniae | 9 | 21(1–53) | 7 | 5/4 | 4 (pneumonia) | 5 (56%) | 1/7 | 0/7 |
Rickettsia rickettsii | 9 | 19 (1–54) | 6 | 9/6 | 0 | 4 (44%) | 1/7 | 2/6 |
Staphylococcus aureus | 6 | 28 (5–44) | 3 | 4/2 | 2 (pneumonia) | 4 (67%) | 1/6 | 2/6 |
Bacillus anthracis | 3 | 69 (49–94) | 2 | 2/2 | 1 (mediastinal hemorrhage) | 2 (67%) | 1/3 | 2/3 |
Ehrlichia sp. | 3 | 42 (22–66) | 3 | 3/2 | 0 | 1 (33%) | 0/1 | 1/1 |
Leptospira sp. | 2 | 28 (16–40) | 1 | 2/2 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 1/1 |
Clostridium sp. | 2 | 19 (18–20) | 0 | 0 | 2 (necrotizing endometritis) | 0 | 0/2 | 1/2 |
Yersinia pestis | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0/1 |
Klebsiella pneumoniae | 1 | 6 months | 1 | 0 | 1 (pneumonia) | 0 | 0 | 0/1 |
Treponema pallidium | 1 | Fetus | 0 | 1/1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Legionella pneumophila | 1 | 44 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
