“…53 Eleven percent of patients were immunocompromised (Table 3) because of cancer with chemotherapy (15), steroid use (4), splenectomy (2), neutropenia (2), human immunodeficiency virus HIV infection (1), and immunosuppressive drugs (1). Two-thirds had other underlying conditions: chronic ear disease (55), biliary tract lithiasis (8), cirrhosis (6), or other hepatobilary disease (21), heart failure (15), venous incompetence (9), renal failure (7), hypertension (7), arterial insufficiency (6), diabetes (6), gut surgery (6), peritoneal dialysis (6), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (3), and obesity (3).…”