The authors wish to make the following corrections to this paper [1].
The authors have made a critical typing error and a counting error in
Table 2 as the parameters of “Community-acquired infection” and “Healthcare-associated infection” were mistakenly switched with each other.
Accordingly,
Table 2, which is shown as follows:
Table 2.
Demographic characteristics, clinical information, and outcome of patients with E. meningoseptica and E. anophelis infections.
Table 2.
Demographic characteristics, clinical information, and outcome of patients with E. meningoseptica and E. anophelis infections.
| Characteristics | All (n = 92) | Number of Episodes (%) | OR (95% CI) | p-Value |
|---|
E. meningoseptica
(n = 20) | E. anophelis
(n = 72) |
|---|
| Sex | | | | | |
| Male | 64 (69.6) | 15 (75) | 49 (68.1) | 1.41 (0.46–4.35) | 0.55 |
| Female | 28 (30.4) | 5 (25) | 23 (31.9) | 0.71 (0.23–2.19) | 0.55 |
| Age | | | | | |
| Range (year) | 3–89 | 18–80 | 3–89 | | |
| Median (year) | 61 | 61 | 62.5 | | |
| Mean ± standard deviation (year) | 61.1 ± 17 | 56.6 ± 15.6 | 62.4 ± 17.3 | | 0.179 |
| Comorbidity | | | | | |
| Diabetes mellitus | 24 (26.1) | 6 (30) | 18 (25) | 1.29 (0.43–3.84) | 0.652 |
| Hypertension | 26 (28.3) | 4 (20) | 22 (30.6) | 0.57 (0.17–1.9) | 0.354 |
| End-stage renal disease | 5 (5.4) | 1 (5) | 4 (5.6) | 0.9 (0.09–8.49) | 0.999 |
| Malignancy | 40 (43.5) | 8 (40) | 32 (44.4) | 0.83 (0.3-2.28) | 0.723 |
| Liver cirrhosis | 8 (8.7) | 3 (15) | 5 (6.9) | 2.37 (0.51–10.89) | 0.365 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 9 (9.8) | 0 | 9 (12.5) | | 0.197 |
| Type of infection acquisition | | | | | |
| Community-acquired infection | 10 (10.9) | 20 | 63 (87.5) | | 0.197 |
| Healthcare-associated infection | 82 (89.1) | 0 | 9 (12.5) | | 0.197 |
| Laboratory data | | | | | |
| White blood cell count (cells/mm3) | 13,281 ± 8740 | 13,353 ± 6687 | 13,261 ± 9271 | | 0.967 |
| Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 10.1 ± 2.1 | 9.8 ± 2.4 | 10.1 ± 2.1 | | 0.585 |
| Platelet count (×1000 cells/mm3) | 228,570 ± 131,056 | 216,550 ± 157,332 | 231,900 ± 123,846 | | 0.69 |
| Serum creatinine (mg/dL) | 1.8 ± 1.7 | 1.6 ± 1.3 | 1.9 ± 1.8 | | 0.584 |
| Empirical antimicrobial therapy | | | | | |
| β-lactams | 41 (44.6) | 11 (55) | 30 (41.7) | 1.71 (0.63–4.64) | 0.289 |
| β-lactam/lactamase inhibitors | 20 (21.7) | 4 (20) | 16 (22.2) | 0.88 (0.26–2.99) | 0.999 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 10 (10.9) | 1 (5) | 9 (12.5) | 0.37 (0.04–3.1) | 0.685 |
| Levofloxacin | 24 (26.1) | 1 (5) | 23 (31.9) | 0.11 (0.01–0.89) | 0.015 |
| Carbapenems | 17 (18.5) | 4 (20) | 13 (18.1) | 1.14 (0.33–3.96) | 0.999 |
| Aminoglycosides | 9 (9.8) | 3 (15) | 6 (8.3) | 1.94 (0.44–8.57) | 0.402 |
| Tigecycline | 8 (8.7) | 2 (10) | 6 (8.3) | 1.22 (0.23–6.58) | 0.999 |
| Colistin | 6 (6.5) | 1 (5) | 5 (6.9) | 0.71 (0.08–6.41) | 0.999 |
| Inappropriate empirical antimicrobial therapy | 74 (80.4) | 20 (100) | 54 (75) | | 0.01 |
| Shock | 42 (45.7) | 9 (45) | 33 (45.8) | 0.97 (0.36–2.62) | 0.999 |
| Admission to intensive care unit | 44 (47.8) | 9 (45) | 35 (48.6) | 0.87 (0.32–2.34) | 0.775 |
| Case fatality | 25 (27.2) | 6 (30) | 19 (26.4) | 1.2 (0.4–3.56) | 0.748 |
should be replaced with the following:
Table 2.
Demographic characteristics, clinical information, and outcome of patients with E. meningoseptica and E. anophelis infections.
Table 2.
Demographic characteristics, clinical information, and outcome of patients with E. meningoseptica and E. anophelis infections.
| Characteristics | All (n = 92) | Number of Episodes (%) | OR (95% CI) | p-Value |
|---|
E. meningoseptica
(n = 20) | E. anophelis
(n = 72) |
|---|
| Sex | | | | | |
| Male | 64 (69.6) | 15 (75) | 49 (68.1) | 1.41 (0.46–4.35) | 0.55 |
| Female | 28 (30.4) | 5 (25) | 23 (31.9) | 0.71 (0.23–2.19) | 0.55 |
| Age | | | | | |
| Range (year) | 3–89 | 18–80 | 3–89 | | |
| Median (year) | 61 | 61 | 62.5 | | |
| Mean ± standard deviation (year) | 61.1 ± 17 | 56.6 ± 15.6 | 62.4 ± 17.3 | | 0.179 |
| Comorbidity | | | | | |
| Diabetes mellitus | 24 (26.1) | 6 (30) | 18 (25) | 1.29 (0.43–3.84) | 0.652 |
| Hypertension | 26 (28.3) | 4 (20) | 22 (30.6) | 0.57 (0.17–1.9) | 0.354 |
| End-stage renal disease | 5 (5.4) | 1 (5) | 4 (5.6) | 0.9 (0.09–8.49) | 0.999 |
| Malignancy | 40 (43.5) | 8 (40) | 32 (44.4) | 0.83 (0.3-2.28) | 0.723 |
| Liver cirrhosis | 8 (8.7) | 3 (15) | 5 (6.9) | 2.37 (0.51–10.89) | 0.365 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 9 (9.8) | 0 | 9 (12.5) | | 0.197 |
| Type of infection acquisition | | | | | |
| Community-acquired infection | 9 (9.8) | 0 | 9 (12.5) | | 0.197 |
| Healthcare-associated infection | 83 (90.2) | 20 | 63 (87.5) | | 0.197 |
| Laboratory data | | | | | |
| White blood cell count (cells/mm3) | 13,281 ± 8740 | 13,353 ± 6687 | 13,261 ± 9271 | | 0.967 |
| Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 10.1 ± 2.1 | 9.8 ± 2.4 | 10.1 ± 2.1 | | 0.585 |
| Platelet count (×1000 cells/mm3) | 228,570 ± 131,056 | 216,550 ± 157,332 | 231,900 ± 123,846 | | 0.69 |
| Serum creatinine (mg/dL) | 1.8 ± 1.7 | 1.6 ± 1.3 | 1.9 ± 1.8 | | 0.584 |
| Empirical antimicrobial therapy | | | | | |
| β-lactams | 41 (44.6) | 11 (55) | 30 (41.7) | 1.71 (0.63–4.64) | 0.289 |
| β-lactam/lactamase inhibitors | 20 (21.7) | 4 (20) | 16 (22.2) | 0.88 (0.26–2.99) | 0.999 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 10 (10.9) | 1 (5) | 9 (12.5) | 0.37 (0.04–3.1) | 0.685 |
| Levofloxacin | 24 (26.1) | 1 (5) | 23 (31.9) | 0.11 (0.01–0.89) | 0.015 |
| Carbapenems | 17 (18.5) | 4 (20) | 13 (18.1) | 1.14 (0.33–3.96) | 0.999 |
| Aminoglycosides | 9 (9.8) | 3 (15) | 6 (8.3) | 1.94 (0.44–8.57) | 0.402 |
| Tigecycline | 8 (8.7) | 2 (10) | 6 (8.3) | 1.22 (0.23–6.58) | 0.999 |
| Colistin | 6 (6.5) | 1 (5) | 5 (6.9) | 0.71 (0.08–6.41) | 0.999 |
| Inappropriate empirical antimicrobial therapy | 74 (80.4) | 20 (100) | 54 (75) | | 0.01 |
| Shock | 42 (45.7) | 9 (45) | 33 (45.8) | 0.97 (0.36–2.62) | 0.999 |
| Admission to intensive care unit | 44 (47.8) | 9 (45) | 35 (48.6) | 0.87 (0.32–2.34) | 0.775 |
| Case fatality | 25 (27.2) | 6 (30) | 19 (26.4) | 1.2 (0.4–3.56) | 0.748 |
The authors apologize for any inconvenience caused to the readers by these changes.
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