Outcome | Number (%) |
---|---|
• No complications from bacteraemia | 54 |
   ◦ Other cause mortality | 7 (13.0) |
â–ª Acute myocardial infarction | 3 (42.8) |
â–ª Liver failure | 2 (28.6) |
â–ª Leukaemia/Lymphoma | 2 (28.6) |
• Complicated bacteraemia | 46 |
   ◦ Attributable mortality | 11 (23.9) |
â–ª Pneumonia | 5 (45.4) |
â–ª No primary site | 4 (36.4) |
â–ª Soft tissue infection | 1 (9.1) |
â–ª Infective endocarditis | 1 (9.1) |
   ◦ Recurrent infection within 12 weeks | 7 (15.2) |
â–ª Intravascular infection | 3 (42.8) |
â–ª Soft tissue infection | 2 (28.6) |
â–ª Infective endocarditis | 2 (28.6) |
   ◦ Complicated infection at initial hospitalisation1 | 33 (71.7) |
â–ª Infective endocarditis | 18 (54.5) |
â–ª Soft tissue infection/necrotizing fasciitis | 6 (18.2) |
â–ª Psoas/paravertebral abscess | 6 (18.2) |
â–ª Vertebral osteomyelitis/disciitis | 3 (9.1) |
â–ª Epidural abscess | 3 (9.1) |
â–ª Other osteomyelitis | 1 (3.0) |
â–ª Liver abscess | 1 (3.0) |
â–ª Brain abscess | 1 (3.0) |
â–ª Pulmonary abscess/Pneumonia | 1 (3.0) |