| C#1 | C#2 | (p-value) |
---|---|---|---|
Total Number of Patients | 196 | 187 | Â |
Age < 60 | 140 | 126 | Â |
Age ≥ 60 | 56 | 61 |  |
% Male | 107 (54.6%) | 98 (52.3%) | Â |
At least one blood culture positive (% of patients) | 43 (21.9%) | 59 (31.6%) | P=0.03 |
1 culture positive | 37 (86%) | 53 (90%) | NS |
2 or more cultures positive | 6 (14%) | 6 (10%) | NS |
Patients with Gram Positive isolates (% of Patients) | 35 (17.9%) | 46 (24.6%) | 0.11 |
Patients with Gram Negative isolates (% of patients) | 11 (5.6%) | 20 (10.7%) | 0.07 |
Gram Positive vs. Gram Negative | P=0.0002 | P=0.0004 | Â |
Total number of positive blood cultures: | 49 | 65 | Â |
Monomicrobial cultures (% of total cultures) | 45 (91.8%) | 60 (92.3%) | NS |
Polymicrobial cultures (% of total cultures) | 4 (8.2%) | 5 (7.7%) | NS |
Total number of isolates: | 53 | 71 | Â |
Age < 60 | 40 | 44 | Â |
Age ≥ 60 | 13 | 27 |  |
Clinical Isolates (% of patients) | Â | Â | Â |
Gram Positive + | 35 (17.9%) | 46 (24.6%) | P=0.10 |
CNST* | 19 (9.7%) | 23 (12.4%) | NS |
Corynebacterium | 5 (2.6%) | 2 (1.1%) | Â |
Micrococcus | 4 (2.0%) | Â | Â |
Enterococcus | 1 (0.5%) | 3 (1.6%) | Â |
Staphyloccoccus. aureus | 2 (1.0%) | 1 (0.5%) | Â |
Streptococcus species | 9 (4.6%) | 16 (8.6%) | P=0.11 |
Streptococcus viridins | 6 (3.1%) | 13 (7.0%) | Â |
Streptococcus viridians/Streptococcus oralis | - | 1 (0.5%) | Â |
Streptococcus mitis | 2 (1.0%) | - | Â |
Streptococcus auralis | - | 1 (0.5%) | Â |
Streptococcus spp. | 1 (0.5%) | 1 (0.5%) | Â |
< age 60 with Strep. | 6 (4.3%) | 14 (11.2%) | P=0.033 |
≥ age 60 with Strep. | 3 (5.36%) | 2 (3.3%) | NS |
Other Gram Positive | 1 (0.5%) | 4 (2.1%) | Â |
Gram Negative | 11 (5.6%) | 20 (10.7%) | P=0.07 |
Age < 60 | 8 (5.7%) | 9 (7.1%) | NS |
Age ≥ 60 | 3 (5.4%) | 11 (18%) | P=0.035 |
Eschericia coli | 1 (0.5%) | 10 (5.3%) | P=0.005 |
Klebsiella | 2 (1.0%) | 5 (2.7%) | Â |
Enterobacter | 3 (1.5%) | 1 (0.5%) | Â |
Pseudomonas spp. | 4 (2.0%) | - | Â |
Other Gram Negative | 1 (0.5%) | 4 (2.1%) | Â |
Yeast | - | 1 (0.5%) | Â |