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Table 2 Characteristics of the infectious diseases consultations (n = 508)

From: Infectious disease consultations in a Japanese tertiary care teaching hospital: a retrospective review of 508 cases

Hospital departments

No. of patients

Surgery

102 (20.1%)

Respiratory

41 (8.1%)

Plastic surgery

35 (6.7%)

Orthopedic surgery

34 (6.7%)

Emergency Medicine

32 (6.3%)

Cardiovascular surgery

32 (6.3%)

Neurology

29 (5.7%)

Gastroenterology

28 (5.5%)

Hematology

26 (5.1%)

Nephrology

24 (4.7%)

Dermatology

22 (4.3%)

Gynecology

21 (4.1%)

Neurosurgery

20 (3.9%)

Cardiology

13 (2.6%)

Diabetes and endocrinology

13 (2.6%)

Rheumatology

11 (2.2%)

Psychiatry

11 (2.2%)

ENT

7 (1.4%)

Others

7 (1.4%)

Total

508 (100%)

  1. Others: Pediatrics, Thoracic surgery, Urology