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Table 6 Mortality outcome at various time points in MPPI and MNPI

From: Prognostic significance of pleural fluid microbiological positivity in pleural infection: a bicentric 10-year retrospective observational study

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Total (n = 381)

MPPI (n = 169)

MNPI (n = 212)

p value

3-month mortality

64 (16.8%)

42 (24.9%)

22 (10.4%)

< 0.001

1-year mortality

98 (25.7%)

60 (35.5%)

38 (17.9%)

< 0.001

3-year mortality

129 (33.9%)

74 (43.8%)

55 (25.9%)

< 0.001

5-year mortality (n = 344)

157 (45.6%)

87 (55.4%)

70 (37.4%)

0.001

7-year mortality (n = 289)

157 (54.3%)

87 (62.1%)

70 (47.0%)

0.010

  1. MPPI: microbiological-positive pleural infection. MNPI: microbiological-negative pleural infection