Table 1 Clinical manifestations of patients with C. psittaci pneumonia

Demographics

Male/female

33/13

12/7

21/6

0.2782

Age, median (range, years)

61.7 ± 14.5

63.6 ± 14.2

60.3 ± 19.5

0.4749

Length of stay (days)

16.6 ± 10.8

12.5 ± 9.7

15.1 ± 12.3

0.0563

Season of admission, n

0.4110

Spring

8

2

6

Summer

6

3

3

Autumn

12

5

7

Winter

20

9

11

Clinical manifestations, n

Fever

38

17

21

0.4395

Cough

17

5

12

0.2352

Expectoration

12

4

8

0.7346

Chest tightness

4

1

3

0.6322

Dyspnoea

4

0

4

0.1313

Hypodynamia

5

1

4

0.3870

Chills

1

0

1

1.0000

Headache

1

1

0

0.4419

Disturbance of consciousness

2

0

2

0.4950

Underlying disease, n

Hypertension

14

4

10

0.3352

Diabetes

5

2

3

1.0000

Cirrhosis

2

1

1

1.0000

Cerebral infarction

3

2

1

0.5607

Nephrotic syndrome

1

0

1

1.0000

Myelodysplastic syndrome

2

0

2

0.5043

Coronary heart disease

2

1

1

1.0000

Nodulosis

1

0

1

1.0000

Gastric ulcer

1

0

1

1.0000