Injection drug users | Nonaddicts | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Outcome | (n = 20) | (n = 54) | (n = 74) | P |
Case fatality rate | ||||
At 7 days | 1 (5) | 6 (11) | 7 (9) | 0.67 |
At 28 days | 1 (5) | 16 (30) | 17 (23) | 0.03 |
At 3 months | 2 (10) | 21 (39) | 23 (31) | 0.02 |
Duration of fever, median days (IQR)a | 3 (2–10) | 3 (0–6) | 3 (1–6) | 0.24 |
Duration of hospitalization, median days (IQR) | 32 (30–48) | 32 (20–47) | 32 (24–47) | 0.55 |
Cardiac surgery | 3 (15) | 4 (7) | 7 (9) | 0.38 |
Valve replacement | 1 (5) | 4 (7) | 5 (7) | 1.00 |
Valve repairb | 3 (15) | 0 (0) | 3 (4) | 0.02 |