Table 4 Crude and adjusted risk of death within 3-7, 8-30, and 31-180 days following hospital admission among inpatients with one or more blood cultures taken within 2 days of hospital admission.
Blood culture status | 3-7** days following admission | 8-30 days following admission† | 31-180 days following admission‡ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mortality, % (95% CI) | Crude MRR (95% CI) | Adj. MRR* (95% CI) | Mortality, % (95% CI) | Crude MRR (95% CI) | Adj. MRR* (95% CI) | Mortality, % (95% CI) | Crude MRR (95% CI) | Adj. MRR* (95% CI) | |
Negative | 2.7 (2.5-2.9) | 1.0 (ref) | 1.0 (ref) | 5.1 (4.9-5.4) | 1.0 (ref) | 1.0 (ref) | 8.7 (8.3-9.0) | 1.0 (ref) | 1.0 (ref) |
Positive | 3.7 (3.1-4.6) | 1.3 (1.1-1.7) | 1.1 (0.9-1.5) | 5.6 (4.8-6.6) | 1.1 (0.9-1.3) | 0.9 (0.8-1.1) | 9.7 (8.6-11.0) | 1.1 (1.0-1.3) | 1.0 (0.8-1.1) |
Gram-positive | 4.5 (3.4-5.9) | 1.7 (1.3-2.4) | 1.7 (1.2-2.3) | 6.0 (4.7-7.6) | 1.1 (0.9-1.5) | 1.1 (0.8-1.4) | 9.6 (7.9-11.6) | 1.1 (0.9-1.4) | 1.0 (0.8-1.3) |
Gram-negative | 2.7 (1.9-3.7) | 1.0 (0.7-1.4) | 0.8 (0.5-1.1) | 5.2 (4.1-6.6) | 1.0 (0.8-1.3) | 0.8 (0.6-1.0) | 9.3 (7.8-11.1) | 1.1 (0.9-1.3) | 0.9 (0.7-1.0) |
Polymicrobial | 7.4 (4.2-13.0) | 1.9 (0.8-4.2) | 1.4 (0.6-3.1) | 6.6 (3.5-12.2) | 1.5 (0.8-2.8) | 1.1 (0.6-2.1) | 14.8 (9.7-22.3) | 1.7 (1.1-2.8) | 1.3 (0.8-2.1) |